Reza Mahmud :
Traders who have brought sacrificial animals are waiting for last moment’s sale.
The city residents have not started to buy though the Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on Saturday-just two days after.
“We are hopeful about big sale in last days,” said Abul Bashar, a cattle trader of Dhupkhola East End Club on Wednesday.
He said, “I have brought 43 bulls from my farm in Jhenaidah. Each of the bulls price will be Tk three to six lakh.
He said, the city people are coming everyday and asking about the prices of bulls. But few of them are buying now.
Rabiul Alam, another cattle trader, from Jhenaidah said, “Today (Wednesday) only four cows were sold at the cattle market by noon.
Cattle trader Akidul Mian, said, “There are no Indian cows in this market. We shall sell our cows at reasonable price.”
One of the cattle traders Alamgir Hossain said, the buyers are offering low prices for cattle.
He said that he came from Pabna district, but most of the
cows have been brought from Jhenaidah, Kushtia and Meherpur, the traders said.
They are demanding Tk one lakh to two lakh for a midiam size cow.
“We think that the buyers are delaying due to want of grasses and fodder in view of the recent flood across the country,” said Abul Bashar.
“We come every year to sell sacrificial animals in the city. A good number of the city dwellers usually buy cows five to four days before the Eid-ul-Azha. But this year the picture is different.” he said.
At Kamrangirchar temporary cattle market, there were huge number of buyers but disappointing sale.
“Lots of people were seen wandering,” said, Nurul Alam, a trader from Meherpur. He brought 13 cows of his farm.
Mohammad Ismail, another trader from Faridpur said, he has sold two out of seven of his cows at Tk 1,75,000 so far.
The lease holder of the market, Abul Hossain Sarker said, “The communication to the market has improved. We expect flock of buyers.”
At Mirpur Eastern Housing cattle market, around 10,000 cows and buffalos have been brought from many districts.
The traders said about 10,000 cattle can be accommodated in the market.
Trader Mabub Hossain said that he brought 10 cows from Kushtia. He said there are huge demand for medium size cows. But price is Tk 12 lakh for each.
The traders are demanding comparatively acceptable price for big size of cows to attract buyers.
Cattle traders of Kuril, Basila, Kamlapur and other temporary cattle markets also said they have not seen good number of buyers so far.
But they are not hopeless yet. They are waiting for buyers. Some of the traders expressed their fear about huge numbers of Indian and Myanmar cows.
Traders who have brought sacrificial animals are waiting for last moment’s sale.
The city residents have not started to buy though the Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on Saturday-just two days after.
“We are hopeful about big sale in last days,” said Abul Bashar, a cattle trader of Dhupkhola East End Club on Wednesday.
He said, “I have brought 43 bulls from my farm in Jhenaidah. Each of the bulls price will be Tk three to six lakh.
He said, the city people are coming everyday and asking about the prices of bulls. But few of them are buying now.
Rabiul Alam, another cattle trader, from Jhenaidah said, “Today (Wednesday) only four cows were sold at the cattle market by noon.
Cattle trader Akidul Mian, said, “There are no Indian cows in this market. We shall sell our cows at reasonable price.”
One of the cattle traders Alamgir Hossain said, the buyers are offering low prices for cattle.
He said that he came from Pabna district, but most of the
cows have been brought from Jhenaidah, Kushtia and Meherpur, the traders said.
They are demanding Tk one lakh to two lakh for a midiam size cow.
“We think that the buyers are delaying due to want of grasses and fodder in view of the recent flood across the country,” said Abul Bashar.
“We come every year to sell sacrificial animals in the city. A good number of the city dwellers usually buy cows five to four days before the Eid-ul-Azha. But this year the picture is different.” he said.
At Kamrangirchar temporary cattle market, there were huge number of buyers but disappointing sale.
“Lots of people were seen wandering,” said, Nurul Alam, a trader from Meherpur. He brought 13 cows of his farm.
Mohammad Ismail, another trader from Faridpur said, he has sold two out of seven of his cows at Tk 1,75,000 so far.
The lease holder of the market, Abul Hossain Sarker said, “The communication to the market has improved. We expect flock of buyers.”
At Mirpur Eastern Housing cattle market, around 10,000 cows and buffalos have been brought from many districts.
The traders said about 10,000 cattle can be accommodated in the market.
Trader Mabub Hossain said that he brought 10 cows from Kushtia. He said there are huge demand for medium size cows. But price is Tk 12 lakh for each.
The traders are demanding comparatively acceptable price for big size of cows to attract buyers.
Cattle traders of Kuril, Basila, Kamlapur and other temporary cattle markets also said they have not seen good number of buyers so far.
But they are not hopeless yet. They are waiting for buyers. Some of the traders expressed their fear about huge numbers of Indian and Myanmar cows.
