This research was conducted to evaluate the race preferred of farmers and factors affect in Muş province and its districts. For this purpose, a face-to-face questionnaire was administered to 346 individuals using the random sampling method. The obtained data were cross-tabulated using the SPSS packet program and the relationship between the factor-features was determined by chi-square analysis. The position, number of animals, type of business and the effect of the breed were found to be significant in farms. In the preference of cultured breeds, Simental was in the first place with 74.9%, followed by Brown Swiss with 15%. On the basis of location, Hasköy and Korkut districts prefer cultured breeds the most, whereas the Central, Bulanık and Varto districts prefer crossbreeds. While the number of animal increases in a farm, the preference for culture breeds decreases and the preference for crossbreed increases. As the level of education increased, the preference of Simental in culture breed decreased while the preference of Brown Swiss increased. In the case of milk type enterprises, the preference rate of cultured breeds was 73.2%, whereas it was found as 65.2% in combined type enterprises. The native breed is preferred only in combined type enterprises. The preferences of the enterprises who that satisfied with animal husbandry and want to continue their business are mostly cultures and crossbreeds, whereas highest culture breed preference rate was 76.4%. In general, 4% of the farms preferred local breeds, 26.9% preferred crossbreeds and 69.1% preferred culture breeds.