Cattle are one of the limited resources that lead to an increase in the wealth of the farming community to sustain their livelihoods in the study area. However, there is a complication between climate attributes frequent change and existing cattle production systems. The study was conducted to assess climate change scenarios and cattle production interaction in mixed farming areas Bale highlands. Field observations and structured questionnaire were used to collect information. The study variables were assessed through interviewing of 156 systematically sampled wealth group households (HHs). The study indicated that temperature was rising while unpredictable and declining rain was significantly (P<0.05) between wealth groups. The wealth group HHs were significantly (P<0.05) in respect to the overall gradual increased in community cattle population due to the effect of climate change at the significant level (P<0.01) due to over grazing that caused land degradation. Climate change was indicated as a determinant to herd cattle in the area by the wealth group HHs while cattle also contribute to climate change in different ways. Effect of cattle on climate change is more related with husbandry practices that strongly tied with the shrinkage of grazing land and poor forage productivity. Thus, the study HHs’ susceptibility to the climate attributes change varies on the asset the farmers hold and their adaptive capacity. Therefore, identifying climate resistant productive cattle breeds, promoting farm adaptation options and use of advanced production technology packages should be implementing by the wealth group HHs with consideration of environment and climate friendly sustainable cattle production.

Keywords: Cattle production, Climate change, Interactions, Mixed farming, Wealth groups