Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep

Table 7

Marketing age and market price based on farmers’ estimation.

Sources of variation	Marketing age (month)	Price (ETB)
		3–6 month	7–9 month	10–12 month	>12 month
Overall	6.71 ± 0.09	1309.5 ± 21.9	1708.9 ± 21.7	2099.5 ± 33.1	2730.0 ± 43.0
Genotype
Tikur	8.91 ± 0.20^a	737.9 ± 24.7^e	946.5 ± 23.8^f	1176.3 ± 28.7^f	1651.1 ± 45.0^e
Awassi x Tikur	5.38 ± 0.13^c	1216.0 ± 28.2^c	1615.2 ± 36.2^d	2070.3 ± 49.6^d	2689.4 ± 70.7^c
Wollo	7.82 ± 0.18^b	1016.6 ± 23.0^d	1392.4 ± 32.2^e	1760.9 ± 39.6^e	2278.9 ± 44.2^d
Awassi x Wollo	4.82 ± 0.15^c	2144.1 ± 43.4^a	2756.9 ± 50.8^a	3372.1 ± 62.3^a	4298.3 ± 85.6^a
Tumele	7.55 ± 0.22^b	1244.6 ± 45.7^c	1780.3 ± 60.6^c	2244.6 ± 73.4^c	2670.3 ± 92.8^c
Dorper x Tumele	5.32 ± 0.21^c	1664.9 ± 54.2^b	2223.5 ± 76.2^b	2717.0 ± 99.9^b	3310.5 ± 124^b
Sex	ns
Female	6.82 ± 0.13	1242.9 ± 29.8	1603.9 ± 36.5	1949.9 ± 43.6	2428.0 ± 51.9
Male	6.60 ± 0.13	1376.3 ± 31.8	1814.3 ± 39.9	2249.0 ± 48.9	3030.7 ± 65.4

Ns, ; , . Least square means with different superscripts within the same column and class are statistically different. NB: The price for Tikur and Awassi x Tikur sheep was estimated in 2019, and the price for other genotypes was estimated in 2020.