There was no quality grade effect (P>0.05) for the combined loss (Table 1) but, aging method affected (Pb0.0001) combined loss. Dry and SB aging resulted in similar (P>0.05) combined losses, but combined losses were distinctly lower for W aging (35.98% for D and 36.41% for SB versus 6.32% for W, Table 1). De Geer et al. (2009) reported similar combined losses for DRY and SB aged strip or shell loin steaks. Therefore, aging in SB does not appear to offer advantages over DRY aging as far as trim and combined losses are concerned.