The study pertains to some morphometical characterization, production and reproduction traits of Begait cattle reared at two districts of Tigray region, Ethiopia. Calves with high body weight and whose dams who are good milk producers and those heifers who grow well are selected by farmers. According to farmers’ preference, in bull selection muscularity is followed by dams’ milk yield, while the cows are selected for coat color and Sexual dimorphism following Rensch rule was observed between the traits studied, where the bulls had higher values for most of the morphometical traits including body weight. The coat color of Begait cattle are usually white spots on black background, however other coat colors too were observed. Most of the cattle are horned and the head is convex. The bulls have a well developed perpetual sheath and naval flap, while the hump is of medium size. The age at first mating for the steers and heifers were 38.1 and 40 months, respectively; while the age at first calving was assessed to be 50.8 months while the calving interval was 18.4 months. The production traits indicate that daily milk yield was 2.49 liters, peak milk yield 3.21 liters, lactation length 5.39 months and lactation milk yield 459 liters. The average lifetime calf crop was 6.32 heads. There is a sharp decline in the Begait cattle population and to arrest the same a ranch has been established for insitu conservation of the breed. 1498735834.php