The largest buffalo and cattle market in Southeast Asia on the eve of Tet
Huy Thu - January 8, 2023 07:21
(Baonghean.vn) - With only a few sessions left until Lunar New Year, U market in Dai Son commune (Do Luong) is quite bustling, with an abundant supply of buffalo and cows, but the prices are not good.
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| U market is considered the largest cattle market in Southeast Asia. The market opens quite early, around 5am, the market is already crowded. The market near Tet has thousands of buffaloes and cows brought in from all over the province. Mr. Nguyen Van Bang - representative of the U market management board said: "The U market at the end of the lunar year always has many buffaloes, cows, trucks from everywhere coming to buy and sell". The market is divided into 2 halves, the outside is where cows are bought and sold, the inside is where buffaloes are bought and sold. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The cattle trading area mainly sells domestic cattle, it seems that there are no big, fat, curved-horned cattle from foreign countries like before. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Nguyen Tat Bac (35 years old) - a trader residing in My Son commune (Do Luong) shared: This time, there are quite a lot of goods in U market, buffaloes and cows are brought to sell, but the price is not as good as in previous years. Recently, buffaloes and cows have dropped sharply in price, making traders worried. For example, a small cow used to cost 6 million VND, now it is only about 4.5 - 5 million VND. Buffaloes used to cost 10 million VND, now it is only about 6 - 7 million VND. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In the area where buffaloes are bought and sold, the proportion of young buffaloes is quite high. Newborn calves about 1-2 months old are also brought to the market by people to sell. Some traders said that currently, the price of buffaloes and cows is cheap, but it has increased a bit near Tet. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A trader from Dong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) said that this morning he brought some buffaloes to U market to sell, but the price was low, he could not sell them, so he had to take the buffaloes home. The cost of renting a car to take them back and forth was 150,000 VND/head. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| After buying and selling buffaloes and cows, traders often write words on their bodies to mark them and avoid losing them. The animals are tied to carts or electric poles in the middle of the market, waiting to be loaded onto carts or transported to households. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Every U market session, there are hundreds of trucks parked everywhere, from the market to the village roads, alleys, and houses. The market sessions near Tet, the number of trucks is even more crowded. Around 6-7am, when the market begins to wind down, the buffalo and cow owners and truck owners take turns loading the buffalo and cows onto the trucks. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Each truck, depending on the type of vehicle and the size of the buffalo or cow, can carry from 5 to 40 animals. Many trucks are designed with 2 racks to carry twice as much. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| People who trade in buffalo and cows, raise buffalo and fattened cows around U market, each market session can buy 5-7 calves, even dozens of them to raise, waiting for the price... Since the price of buffalo and cows has dropped, people in the trade do not dare to invest, do not dare to "hoard" a lot of goods for fear of losing money. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The buffalo and cow market near Tet has a lot of goods and cheap prices, making many people who sell buffalo and cows unhappy. Mr. Nguyen Van Luc - a trader in Dai Son commune (Do Luong) explained that the price of buffalo and cows in U market has decreased sharply because they cannot be sold abroad, especially in the Chinese market. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Bustling U market near Tet. Video: Huy Thu |
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