Table 1. State and national standardized lactation averages for Ayrshires calving in 1999, with records used in national genetic evaluations.

	Records	Milk	Fat		Protein1
State	(no.)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)
Alabama	4	14,563	3.34	487	3.06	446
Arkansas	4	19,069	3.28	626	3.18	607
California	43	17,536	4.05	711	3.38	593
Colorado	39	21,046	3.86	813	3.13	658
Connecticut	106	18,645	4.00	745	3.20	597
Delaware	42	18,581	3.88	722	3.20	595
Florida	15	15,261	3.66	559	3.09	471
Georgia	19	18,151	3.48	633	3.03	550
Idaho	10	14,518	3.99	580	3.32	482
Illinois	289	18,329	3.85	706	3.14	576
Indiana	130	17,316	3.84	665	3.15	545
Iowa	558	17,477	3.97	694	3.15	551
Kansas	113	17,338	3.79	656	3.14	545
Kentucky	38	12,283	4.11	505	3.27	402
Louisiana	30	15,034	3.76	565	3.14	472
Maine	138	16,010	3.86	618	3.13	501
Maryland	292	19,618	4.06	797	3.13	614
Massachusetts	25	19,648	3.80	747	3.09	607
Michigan	60	19,114	3.99	762	3.19	609
Minnesota	245	16,221	3.85	624	3.07	498
Missouri	80	16,123	3.85	621	3.17	511
Nebraska	110	15,759	3.94	621	3.21	506
New Hampshire	140	17,861	3.91	698	3.06	546
New Jersey	27	20,351	4.01	816	3.12	635
New Mexico	261	15,348	3.72	571	3.19	489
New York	1,297	17,514	3.89	681	3.10	543
North Carolina	102	14,992	3.81	571	3.06	459
North Dakota	5	16,689	3.61	603	3.07	512
Ohio	497	17,008	3.82	650	3.16	538
Oklahoma	146	19,614	3.58	701	3.11	611
Oregon	50	17,477	3.81	666	3.27	571
Pennsylvania	964	18,053	3.83	691	3.12	563
Rhode Island	36	14,523	3.78	550	3.01	437
South Carolina	13	16,706	3.91	654	3.12	521
South Dakota	2	16,971	5.16	876	3.11	527
Tennessee	40	15,296	3.78	578	3.16	483
Texas	5	12,949	3.93	509	3.32	430
Utah	14	15,470	3.98	616	3.23	499
Vermont	508	17,360	3.89	675	3.12	542
Virginia	127	17,235	3.69	636	3.12	537
Washington	37	18,829	3.93	739	3.23	608
West Virginia	120	14,624	3.93	575	3.07	449
Wisconsin	618	17,610	3.87	681	3.12	550
United States	7,399	17,424	3.87	674	3.13	545
1Protein was reported with at least 99% of records for all states