Low supply, high price
The sale of sacrificial animals in the capital was very poor yesterday though only three days remain till the Eid-ul-Azha.
Traders on the other hand are still charging high aiming to get a good profit this year as they are considering the supply of cattle still low compared to the last year.
They said if the trend continues they will be able to get a good profit selling the sacrificial animals.
The bulls of different size are being charged almost double compared to the last year. A medium size bull was around Tk 70,000 last year, which is around Tk 1.2 lakh to Tk 1.5 lakh this year.
Customers are still observing the market and waiting for more supply for which the number of sale is very low, said traders.
“We purchased a bull for Tk 48,000 last year, which is around Tk 85,000 this year…,” said Imran Hossain, a resident of Laxmibazar who came to the cattle market at Sadeque Hossain Khoka field and its adjoining areas.
He said as the number of Indian cow is very low, people are depending on local cows but still the supply is not satisfactory.
If the cattle supply does not increase in the next few days, people will have to purchase the bulls at a much higher price, said Faruk Ahmed, a Jatrabari resident, who came to Dhupkhola cattle market to purchase a bull.
Cattle traders are blaming high purchase price, transport cost and additional price of fodders for the high price.
Pintu, a cattle trader of Pabna who brought six bulls to Dhupkhola market, could sell a bull for Tk 50,000 yesterday, which was around Tk 30,000 last year.
“I had to pay an additional Tk 20,000 to Tk 30,000 this year while purchasing a bull, for which my selling price also went up,” said Bappi, a trader of Jhinidah, who brought 18 bulls to Dhupkola cattle market around one week back.
FREE FAKE NOTE DETECTION MACHINE
As the chance of using fake note in the cattle market is very high, like other years different commercial banks have already set up a fake not detecting machine at every cattle market.
“We are working at Sadeque Hossain Khoka field from Thursday as per the order of the Bangladesh Bank and will continue the free service to both traders and customers till Eid,” said Abdur Rahim Mazumder, a junior officer of NCC Bank.
SMUGGLING OF DUMBA (SHEEP)
Our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports: Dumbas are being smuggled into the country through different border points in Lalmonirhat.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men of Mogholhat camp seized five dumbas along the border while being trafficked into the country on Wednesday.
Nazrul Islam, 53, a cattle trader at Islampur border of Patgram upazila, brought six dumbas from India a week ago, and sold them for around Tk 1.3 lakh each to a cattle trader of Dhaka.
BGB sources said they have a strong vigilance on dumba smuggling, but sometimes smugglers still find ways to smuggle those.
PABNA CATTLE MARKETS UNDER MONITORING
The livestock officials have kept the cattle markets in Pabna and Sirajganj under strict surveillance to monitor whether the animals were fattened by using drugs, reports our Pabna correspondent.
“Our experts are checking the animals to make sure they are not drugged,” said Dr Md Abdul Gafur, district livestock officer of Pabna.
Three-member livestock monitoring team headed by a veterinary doctor is working at each of the 58 cattle markets in Pabna and 57 in Sirajganj since Tuesday, he said.
(Our Lalmonirhat and Pabna correspondents contributed to this report).11
Comments