During this Dashain, goats and sheep in Jumla were auctioned for more than Rs 160 million.

More than Rs 160 million worth of goats, lambs, and buffaloes were sold in Jumla this year alone during the Dashain season.

According to Bir Bahadur Rawal, Chief of the Livestock Development Section of the Chandannath Municipality, during the Dashain season of this year, goats, sheep, and buffaloes valued at Rs 163 million and 231,000 were sold from Khalanga town alone.

Because these animals are sacrificed at goddess shrines, there is typically a spike in the sale of goats, sheep, buffaloes, and poultry during the Dashain festival period. The celebrations also lead to an increase in meat intake.

Seven thousand 928 sheep and goats, both brought from other districts and those provided by sheep producers within the district, were auctioned, according to Rawal. Goats valued at Rs. 7 million 792 thousand, buffaloes for Rs. 3 million 116 thousand, and sheep worth Rs. 152 million 323 thousand have all been sold.

It was found that the average price of local sheep was Rs 19 thousand, the minimum price was Rs 10 thousand, and the maximum price was Rs 28 thousand.

Similarly, the price of a local goat was set at Rs 8,000 for the least, Rs 16 thousand for the average, and Rs 24 thousand for the maximum.

The price of buffalo is fixed at Rs 50 thousand as the maximum, Rs 26 thousand as the minimum, and Rs 38 thousand as the average. Since livestock traders stopped importing goats and sheep from Tibet 12 years ago, only local goats and sheep are sold in Jumla.

According to Jumla, the Livestock Service Office, 88 thousand sheep are raised in the district.