Primal Cuts (%)	Age groups	Breed			P-value
		Arsi	Boran	Harar
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Chuck	<3	28.53 ± 2.18^de	28.24 ± 3.48^e	31.38 ± 1.5^bcd	***
	4 - 6	32.59 ± 3.43^abc	30.9 ± 1.57^cde	31.11 ± 2.2^bcde	NS
	7 - 9	34.93 ± 2.16^a	34.85 ± 2.74^a	34.25 ± 1.37^ab	NS
Rib	<3	8.69 ± 0.85^bc	8.62 ± 0.76^bc	7.08 ± 1.00^d	**
	4 - 6	9.57 ± 1.07^ab	9.51 ± 0.88^ab	7.88 ± 0.89^cd	**
	7 - 9	7.98 ± 0.7^bcd	10.44 ± 1.74^a	8.83 ± 0.95^bc	**
Short loin	<3	8.24 ± 0.84	6.54 ± 0.83	6.77 ± 0.98	NS
	4 - 6	6.56 ± 1.19	7.29 ± 0.79	7.25 ± 0.55	NS
	7 - 9	7.44 ± 1.00	8.98 ± 1.95	7.53 ± 0.97	NS
Sirloin	<3	5.3 ± 1.00^a	2.186 ± 1.11^d	4.77 ± 0.35^ab	**
	4 - 6	4.24 ± 1.08^abc	3.30 ± 1.8^bcd	4.2 ± 0.96^abc	NS
	7 - 9	4.48 ± 0.21^abc	3.64 ± 0.38^bcd	3.14 ± 2.02^cd	**
Tenderloin	<3	2.07 ± 0.32^ab	1.69 ± 0.28^bc	2.15 ± 0.27^ab	NS
	4 - 6	2.18 ± 0.41^ab	1.72 ± 0.30^bc	2.37 ± 0.63^a	**
	7 - 9	2.2 ± 0.18^ab	1.42 ± 0.22^c	2.25 ± 0.51^a	**
Top sirloin	<3	3.36 ± 0.25^b	4.66 ± 0.30^a	2.81b ± 0.58^c	***
	4 - 6	2.72 ± 0.83^bc	2.914 ± 0.70^bc	2.68b ± 0.29^c	NS
	7 - 9	2.84 ± 0.32^bc	2.63 ± 0.98^bc	2.59 ± 0.21^c	NS
Bottom sirloin	<3	1.66 ± 0.19^d	5.18 ± 1.4^a	2.2 ± 0.22^cd	**
	4 - 6	2.69 ± 1.47^bcd	3.4 ± 1.63^bc	3.53 ± 0.68^b	NS
	7 - 9	2.35 ± 0.9^bcd	2.71 ± 1.06^bcd	2.42 ± 0.3^bcd	NS
Round	<3	18.91 ± 1.28^ab	15.14 ± 3.76^c	19.42 ± 1.84^ab	*
	4 - 6	18.72 ± 0.8^abc	20.21 ± 4.69^a	19.65 ± 1.05^ab	NS
	7 - 9	16.49 ± 2.98^abc	16.18 ± 1.47^bc	17.83 ± 0.83^abc	NS
Brisket	<3	2.65 ± 0.79	2.69 ± 1.14	2.11 ± 0.61	NS
	4 - 6	2.38 ± 0.15	2.36 ± 0.58	2.44 ± 0.61	NS
	7 - 9	2.35 ± 0.61	2.25 ± 0.86	1.52 ± 0.33	NS
Plate	<3	3.05 ± 0.47	2.68 ± 0.72	2.61 ± 0.16	NS
	4 - 6	2.18 ± 0.97	2.18 ± 0.35	3.00 ± 0.31	NS
	7 - 9	3.14 ± 0.3	2.81 ± 0.79	5.29 ± 5.25	NS
Flank	<3	1.77 ± 0.25	1.52 ± 0.75	1.5 ± 0.31	NS
	4 - 6	1.31 ± 0.57	1.23 ± 0.27	1.5 ± 0.44	NS
	7 - 9	1.47 ± 0.7	1.84 ± 0.87	1.38 ± 0.26^a	NS
Shank	<3	15.76 ± 1.12^bc	20.85 ± 4.22^a	17.20 ± 1.70^ab	***
	4 - 6	14.85 ± 1.52^bc	14.98 ± 2.84^bc	14.40 ± 1.04^bc	NS
	7 - 9	14.33 ± 0.71^bc	12.25 ± 1.66^c	12.97 ± 0.92^bc	NS