Sales of cattle peak in cities

Cattle markets in the city have gained momentum with lots of buyers and thousands of sacrificial animals started swarming just a few days before Eid-ul-Azha.

A huge number of sacrificial animals are being brought for sale at different cattle markets in the city.

However, the prices of the animals look much lower than last year. Many customers are waiting for the further fall as cattle supply from outside of the district is still on.

Traders said that there were plenty of supplies of cattle to the markets. “There is no shortage of cattle supply to the market”, said Mokbul Hossain, a cattle trader at Kodda cattle market in the city, who came with cattle in this market from Bhuyapur of Tangail. The local cattle traders including the wholesalers and farmers are still sending their cattle at different markets of the city after purchasing those from different districts of the country. Abu Hanif, a lessee of Roth Khola  temporary cattle market of the city said that there is no any Indian cattle in the market.

He said, “ Gazipur is famous for Deshi cattle (locally  produced) that are very demandable to the customers. Gazipur district livestock officer (Acting) Dr. Zahirul Islam said, there are total 99 cattle markets in the district. He said, in this year, local farmers produced 1 lakh 16 thousand and 560 cattle in their farms ahead of Eid where the demand of cattles in the district is 75 thousand.

On the other hand, Gazipur city corporation has set total 14 cattle markets in the city area.

The chief executive officer of Gazipur City Corporation KM Rahatul Islam said, no cattle market was set up beside Dhaka-Mymensing and Dhaka-Tangail highway disrupting the vehicular movement.

Our Staff reporter adds from Barisal: With only one- day left for Eid cattle markets in Barisal gained momentum yesterday and assumed to be reached on peak today. Seven cattle markets including 2 permanent at Baghia and Port Road and 7 makeshifts at Kalijira, Kawnia,Amanatganj, Kagashura,  C and B, Nabogram and Kashipur areas approved by the Barisal City Corporation started functioning, said Abdur Razzak, BCC market-inspector.

S M Ruhul Amin, commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police and Humayun Kabir, additional district police superintendent, said they accelerated patrolling in uniform and plain cloths at entrance points, on roads and highways to prevent extortion, muggers, pickpockets. They also installed fake currency detection booths in cattle markets.

On other hand, Dr. Hemayet Uddin Ahmed, district livestock officer and Dr Robiul Islam, veterinary surgeons of the district and BCC, said they formed 2-4 member inspection teams to check marketing of artificially fattened and sick sacrificial animals in cattle markets.

While visiting different legal and illegal cattle markets in the city and surrounding areas it was seen that supply of cattle, oxen and goats were good and getting momentum as Eid-day came closer.

Buyers of the markets on Thursday said they would rather try the market again on Friday when the buyers and the sellers would come to terms, no matter whom the terms favor and when both the buyers and the sellers expect to gain from each others' relative desperation.

Hossain Ali, a cattle trader at Baghiya cattle market, said customers were roaming at the market, but they just comparing prices of sacrificial animals visiting different cattle markets instead of buying them.

BSS adds from Khulna: As only one day is left for Eid, cattle markets in Khulna are getting momentum day by day with a large numbers of cattle, buyers and sellers.

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) set up a makeshift cattle market in the city on Saturday which has already started drawing a good number of cattle.

Market operators said besides the local buyers, the wholesale cattle traders also continue to send livestock to markets in the city and nine upazilas of the district from different district in Khulna division.

“There is no shortage of cattle supply at the markets though there are no Indian imported cattle this year,” said Sumon Talukder, a cattle trader who came from Kalia upazila of Narail.

But market observers and buyers said the price of a medium size cow ranged between Tk 60,000 to 1, 00,000 which is a little higher than the previous years.

Traders, however, attributed the higher price to the soaring price of animal feed and transport cost.

Talking to BSS, Bazar Super of KCC Md Salahuddin said KCC earned Taka 1.94 crore selling over 15,000 cattle last year at KCC's Zoragate makeshift cattle market.

He also hoped that KCC would earn over Taka 2.5 crore from the selling of over 20,000 sacrificial animals this year.

According to district administration, a total of 25 cattle markets have been set up at nine upzilas of the district.

Livestock Officer of Khulna District Dr Sayed Md Anwarul Islam told BSS that a total of 1, 12,365 sacrificial animals were sold before Eid-ul-Azha last year.

He also expressed hope that selling of sacrificial animals would cross 1, 20,000 this year.

Markets operators have installed adequate number of currency screening machines to check use of fake notes at all the cattle markets.

Police said steps were taken to ensure required security at market places.

Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner (KMP) Humayun Kabir said, “We have taken three tires security measures, including installing close circuit cameras (CC) at the Zoragate cattle market.”

“Apart from this, we have introduced a special traffic management system to ease traffic congestion in and around cattle markets in the city,” he added.

Sales of cattle peak in cities

Cattle markets in the city have gained momentum with lots of buyers and thousands of sacrificial animals started swarming just a few days before Eid-ul-Azha. A huge number of sacrificial animals are being brought for sale at different cattle markets in the city. However, the prices of the animals look much lower than last year. Many customers are waiting for the further fall as cattle supply from outside of the district is still on. Traders said that there were plenty of supplies of cattle to the markets. There is no shortage of cattle supply to the market, said Mokbul Hossain, a cattle trader at Kodda cattle market in the city, who came with cattle in this market from Bhuyapur of Tangail. The local cattle traders including the wholesalers and farmers are still sending their cattle at different markets of the city after purchasing those from different districts of the country. Abu Hanif, a lessee of Roth Khola temporary cattle market of the city said that there is no any Indian cattle in the market. He said, Gazipur is famous for Deshi cattle (locally produced) that are very demandable to the customers. Gazipur district livestock officer (Acting) Dr. Zahirul Islam said, there are total 99 cattle markets in the district. He said, in this year, local farmers produced 1 lakh 16 thousand and 560 cattle in their farms ahead of Eid where the demand of cattles in the district is 75 thousand. On the other hand, Gazipur city corporation has set total 14 cattle markets in the city area. The chief executive officer of Gazipur City Corporation KM Rahatul Islam said, no cattle market was set up beside Dhaka-Mymensing and Dhaka-Tangail highway disrupting the vehicular movement. Our Staff reporter adds from Barisal: With only one- day left for Eid cattle markets in Barisal gained momentum yesterday and assumed to be reached on peak today. Seven cattle markets including 2 permanent at Baghia and Port Road and 7 makeshifts at Kalijira, Kawnia,Amanatganj, Kagashura, C and B, Nabogram and Kashipur areas approved by the Barisal City Corporation started functioning, said Abdur Razzak, BCC market-inspector. S M Ruhul Amin, commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police and Humayun Kabir, additional district police superintendent, said they accelerated patrolling in uniform and plain cloths at entrance points, on roads and highways to prevent extortion, muggers, pickpockets. They also installed fake currency detection booths in cattle markets. On other hand, Dr. Hemayet Uddin Ahmed, district livestock officer and Dr Robiul Islam, veterinary surgeons of the district and BCC, said they formed 2-4 member inspection teams to check marketing of artificially fattened and sick sacrificial animals in cattle markets. While visiting different legal and illegal cattle markets in the city and surrounding areas it was seen that supply of cattle, oxen and goats were good and getting momentum as Eid-day came closer. Buyers of the markets on Thursday said they would rather try the market again on Friday when the buyers and the sellers would come to terms, no matter whom the terms favor and when both the buyers and the sellers expect to gain from each others relative desperation. Hossain Ali, a cattle trader at Baghiya cattle market, said customers were roaming at the market, but they just comparing prices of sacrificial animals visiting different cattle markets instead of buying them. BSS adds from Khulna: As only one day is left for Eid, cattle markets in Khulna are getting momentum day by day with a large numbers of cattle, buyers and sellers. Khulna City Corporation (KCC) set up a makeshift cattle market in the city on Saturday which has already started drawing a good number of cattle. Market operators said besides the local buyers, the wholesale cattle traders also continue to send livestock to markets in the city and nine upazilas of the district from different district in Khulna division. There is no shortage of cattle supply at the markets though there are no Indian imported cattle this year, said Sumon Talukder, a cattle trader who came from Kalia upazila of Narail. But market observers and buyers said the price of a medium size cow ranged between Tk 60,000 to 1, 00,000 which is a little higher than the previous years. Traders, however, attributed the higher price to the soaring price of animal feed and transport cost. Talking to BSS, Bazar Super of KCC Md Salahuddin said KCC earned Taka 1.94 crore selling over 15,000 cattle last year at KCCs Zoragate makeshift cattle market. He also hoped that KCC would earn over Taka 2.5 crore from the selling of over 20,000 sacrificial animals this year. According to district administration, a total of 25 cattle markets have been set up at nine upzilas of the district. Livestock Officer of Khulna District Dr Sayed Md Anwarul Islam told BSS that a total of 1, 12,365 sacrificial animals were sold before Eid-ul-Azha last year. He also expressed hope that selling of sacrificial animals would cross 1, 20,000 this year. Markets operators have installed adequate number of currency screening machines to check use of fake notes at all the cattle markets. Police said steps were taken to ensure required security at market places. Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner (KMP) Humayun Kabir said, We have taken three tires security measures, including installing close circuit cameras (CC) at the Zoragate cattle market. Apart from this, we have introduced a special traffic management system to ease traffic congestion in and around cattle markets in the city, he added.