An ex-post facto research design was adopted to study the growth and composition of cattle markets
in eastern dry zone of Karnataka. The study sample comprised of six cattle markets and two annual
cattle fairs. Ten sellers, ten buyers and five brokers from each market and cattle fair were selected
randomly. The study revealed that sale of cows and bullocks in Chikka ballapur were stagnant over
the years, whereas in Mulbagal, market sale of bullocks decreased at 39.54%. Prices of both cows
and bullocks increased substantially over the years in the study area. Price of cows increased at
14.2 per cent per annum in both the markets and rapid increase in price of bullock was seen in
Mulbagal (15.27% per annum) market. Sale of bullocks as well as price was higher in May, June
and July months while, cow sales were higher in May and June months and prices were higher
in July and August. Efforts have to be made to stabilise sale and price by introducing fairly high
competition through facilitating movement of animals to deficit areas.
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