Livestock sales in Manapparai, Siruvachur and Karur are seeing vigorous sales of goats and sheep ahead of the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha (also known as Bakrid) this week, though traders have been busy selling goats and sheep in the Samayapuram market on Saturday. Reported sluggish business in
Ramesh, a livestock contractor since last 25 days, said, “This year, with the festival of Bakrid on Sunday, customers have already completed the purchase of their sacrificial (sacrificial) animals at Sirvachur and Ayyanur, so Samayapuram is not overcrowded. Was.” Year in the market, told The Hindu. “We sold around 200 sacrificed animals (weighing more than 13 kg) and 2,000 small sacrificed animals for regular consumption on Saturday,” he said.
Buyers of sacrificed animals prefer them to be fatter, which gives a meat yield of up to 30 kg. Mr. Ramesh said, “Since the traders of Samayapuram used to bring only medium sized goats and sheep (weighing less than 10 kg), they cost ₹8,000- ₹10,000 each.
The contractor said that the increase in the number of shanties has spread the area. “With many markets located close to each other, livestock is sold at different places within the same week. Usually Siruvachur is good, but Ulundurpettai did good business this week,” he said.
Earlier in the week, traders saw better profits at the weekly Wednesday shack at Manapparai, the oldest in Tamil Nadu. “Goats, sheep and cows were specially brought from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for Bakrid. I bought a sacrificed goat weighing 18 kg for ₹ 23,000. Prices were going up to Rs 50,000 per goat, and this year there were many bulk buyers of such livestock,” said Kadar of Manaparai.
At Kunthrapalli livestock shack in Karur district, 10,000 sacrificed animals were sold for Rs 10 crore on Thursday. Local media reports stated that the cost of the animals ranged from ₹20,000 to ₹50,000.
Mutton stalls in Tiruchi reported brisk business on Saturday, as the number of people buying fresh meat for the festival rose this week. “We have people who book their goats and sheep for slaughter and also those who today just want meat in large quantities. With a kilo of meat worth ₹700, butchers in the city are seeing decent profits this week,” said Mohammed of SM Jaila Mutton Stall in Puthur.