Preparing, This is the Price of Sacrificial Cattle and Goats

Dream - The government has set the date of Eid al-Adha 1444 H in Indonesia to fall on Thursday, June 29, 2023. In addition to the Eid al-Adha prayer, this Muslim holiday is accompanied by the sacrifice of sacrificial animals.

The sacrifice usually takes place from the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah until the three days of Tashreeq, which are the 11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah. The sacrificial animals in Indonesia are usually cows, goats, and sheep. 

The person who performs the sacrifice is called the shohibul kurban. Sacrificing is a recommended sunnah worship for adult, sane, and capable Muslims.

So, how much does it cost to buy sacrificial animals for Eid al-Adha? Here is the explanation:

Prices of Goats and Cows for Sacrifice 2023

One of the institutions that facilitates the purchase of sacrificial animals is the National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas). According to the official website baznas.go.id, here is the list of prices for sacrificial cows and goats in 2023:

Premium Sheep/Goat

• Weight: 27-29 Kg

• Price: Rp2.9 million

Medium Sheep/Goat

• Weight: 23-26 Kg

• Price: Rp2.6 million

Platinum Sheep/Goat

• Weight: 30-33 Kg

• Price: Rp3.3 million

1/7 Cow

• Weight: 250-300 Kg

• Price: Rp2.9 million

1 Cow

• Weight: 250-300 Kg

• Price: Rp20.3 million

Note This, Here Are Tips for Choosing Sacrificial Animals for Eid al-Adha

Dream - Muslims are recommended to sacrifice animals during Eid al-Adha. In Islam, sacrificing animals is a highly recommended sunnah, especially for those who are capable.

Animals that can be sacrificed are cows, goats, sheep, buffaloes, and camels. However, these animals must meet certain criteria to be eligible for sacrifice.

In general, the criteria for a suitable sacrificial animal are being healthy, free from defects, and of sufficient age. As for the size, it is relative.

If all the criteria are met, the next step is to ensure the health of the livestock.

Here are some tips to recognize the characteristics of a healthy animal when buying it at the market or from a livestock breeder.

According to Liputan6.com, according to Supratikno, a lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IPB, a healthy sacrificial animal is active, climbs on other animals, has a good appetite, has shiny hair or fur, a wet nose mirror, shining eyes, and clean mouth, nose, and anus.

A healthy sacrificial animal usually also has a Health Certificate for Animals (SKKH). To determine the health of a sacrificial animal, there are several steps, namely:

1. Observe the animal from the right, left, front, and back to assess its physical condition.
2. Before buying an animal, ask the seller to let the animal walk.
3. Check the animal's legs and hooves.
4. Give the animal some feed and carefully inspect its body openings and eyes.
5. Check the wetness of the nose mirror; if it is dry, it indicates that the animal is sick or has a fever.

He further stated that another requirement for sacrificial animals for Eid al-Adha is that they should not have any defects.

Research: Global Recession Causes a Decrease in the Number of People Performing Sacrifice on Eid al-Adha This Year

Dream - With reduced income, the global recession has also affected the number of people performing the sacrifice on Eid al-Adha 1444 H. The Institute for Demographic and Poverty Studies (IDEAS) projected that the economic potential of sacrificial animals in Indonesia in 2023 would reach Rp24.5 trillion, coming from 2.08 million sacrificers (shahibul qurban).

These projections are lower than last year, which estimated Rp24.3 trillion from 2.17 million sacrificers. Based on this comparison, it is estimated that there will be a decrease of around 90,000 sacrificers in 2023.

Even though the pandemic has ended and people's mobility has fully returned to normal, IDEAS Director Yusuf Wibisono explained that the global recession has weakened the post-pandemic economic recovery.

"The weakening purchasing power of the people due to the increase in food and energy prices, as seen from the low inflation during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr this year, has led us to make a conservative estimate for the sacrifice," said Yusuf Wibisono in his statement, quoted on Friday, June 23, 2023.

Out of the 2.08 million high-income Muslim families who have the potential to become sacrificers (shahibul qurban), the largest demand for sacrificial animals is for goats and sheep, around 1.23 million animals, while for cows and buffaloes it is around 505,000 animals.

"Assuming that the weight of goats and sheep is between 20-80 kg with a carcass weight of 41 percent, and the weight of cows and buffaloes is between 250-750 kg with a carcass weight of 57 percent, the economic potential of the sacrifice in 2023 from around 1.74 million livestock is equivalent to 103.0 thousand tons of meat," Yusuf said.

IDEAS also assessed that Indonesia has long experienced a wide consumption gap, rooted in income inequality. The consumption gap is clearly seen in important food items that are expensive and cannot be afforded by lower-class communities, such as meat. 

"In 2022, the average population in the highest percentile (1 percent of the richest class) consumed 5.31 kg of goat and cow meat per capita per year, 294 times higher than the average population in the lowest percentile (1 percent of the poorest class) who only consumed 0.02 kg of meat per capita per year," Yusuf revealed.

Furthermore, with the increasingly felt and harsher impact of the global recession on the poor, the consumption gap for meat is likely to worsen. Therefore, the presence of the sacrifice amid the global recession is very meaningful for the poor.

"The sacrifice has the potential to improve the access of the poor to this important but expensive food. More equal access will reduce the level of inequality in meat consumption," said Yusuf.

Yusuf added that the large potential for the sacrifice and the low consumption of meat by the community have a great opportunity to reduce the high level of meat consumption inequality between the lower class and the upper class.

This can be achieved by focusing on distributing sacrificial meat to groups of people with lower meat consumption. 

"In 2022, we identified at least 74.2 million mustahik (people eligible for zakat) who are in the group with the lowest meat consumption, so they are the most deserving of receiving sacrificial meat," said Yusuf.

The most appropriate priority beneficiaries to receive the sacrificial meat consist of 5.2 million extremely poor beneficiaries (below 0.8 poverty line/GK), 11.4 million poor beneficiaries (0.8 - 1.0 GK), 16.5 million almost poor beneficiaries (1.0-1.2 GK), and 41.1 million vulnerable poor beneficiaries (1.2-1.6 GK). 

According to Yusuf, if perfect targeting can be done to the 74.2 million priority beneficiaries, where beneficiaries with lower economic class receive a larger allocation of sacrificial meat, then the potential consumption gap of meat can be significantly reduced. 

“Our simulation shows that if social engineering can be done in the distribution of sacrificial meat, allowing perfect targeting to the 74.2 million priority beneficiaries, then the consumption gap measured by the Gini ratio can potentially decrease significantly, from 0.61 to 0.38,” Yusuf concluded.