Goats and sheep worth over 160 million rupees sold during Dashain in Jumla

Kathmandu: Goats, sheep, and buffaloes worth more than 160 million rupees were sold, during the Dashain time alone in Jumla, this year.

Bir Bahadur Rawal, Chief of the Chandannath Municipality, Livestock Development Section, said goats, sheep, and buffaloes worth 163 million and 231 thousand rupees were sold from Khalanga town alone during the Dashain period this year.

The sale of goats, sheep, buffaloes, and fowl is generally high during the Dashain festival period as people sacrifice these animals at goddess shrines, and meat consumption also increases due to the festivities.

According to Rawal, seven thousand 928 sheep and goats were supplied by the sheep farmers within the district itself, and those imported from other districts were sold. Sheep worth 152 million 323 thousand rupees, goats worth 7 million 792 thousand rupees, and buffaloes worth 3 million 116 thousand rupees have been sold.

The maximum price of local sheep was determined at 28 thousand rupees, the minimum price at 10 thousand rupees, and the average price at 19 thousand rupees.

Similarly, the maximum price of local goat was fixed at Rs 24 thousand, the minimum price at 8,000 rupees, and the average price at 16 thousand rupees. The maximum price of buffalo is determined at 50 thousand rupees, the minimum price at 26 thousand rupees, and the average price at 38 thousand rupees.

Only the local goats and sheep are sold in Jumla ever since livestock traders stopped importing goats and sheep from Tibet 12 years back. The Livestock Service Office Jumla said 88 thousand sheep are being reared in the district.

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