Table 4. State and national standardized lactation averages for Holsteins calving in 1999, with records used in national genetic evaluations.

	Records	Milk	Fat		Protein1
State	(no.)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)
Alabama	3,175	20,663	3.45	713	2.98	616
Arizona	20,429	23,992	3.55	851	2.94	705
Arkansas	2,018	20,009	3.37	674	2.98	597
California	313,561	25,805	3.57	922	3.05	786
Colorado	12,639	25,412	3.61	918	3.02	767
Connecticut	8,722	24,534	3.65	895	2.96	725
Delaware	2,718	23,768	3.73	885	3.03	720
Florida	5,841	22,596	3.48	786	3.02	682
Georgia	9,678	22,444	3.47	779	2.97	667
Idaho	26,816	26,148	3.55	928	3.04	794
Illinois	27,154	23,315	3.66	852	2.99	698
Indiana	20,744	23,026	3.69	850	2.97	684
Iowa	45,636	23,727	3.64	863	3.00	712
Kansas	15,079	23,355	3.62	845	3.02	704
Kentucky	8,702	21,696	3.58	777	3.03	657
Louisiana	4,394	19,743	3.41	674	3.01	594
Maine	7,743	24,333	3.66	890	2.99	728
Maryland	22,724	23,693	3.79	898	3.00	711
Massachusetts	6,420	24,483	3.73	912	2.98	729
Michigan	62,194	24,551	3.83	940	2.94	723
Minnesota	142,824	23,451	3.71	870	2.96	695
Mississippi	4,687	21,480	3.56	766	2.98	640
Missouri	14,914	21,191	3.59	760	3.04	645
Montana	3,330	25,067	3.49	875	2.96	742
Nebraska	13,546	23,914	3.69	884	3.02	722
Nevada	3,155	25,641	3.49	896	3.00	770
New Hampshire	6,980	26,367	3.66	965	2.97	784
New Jersey	5,129	24,019	3.82	918	2.95	709
New Mexico	11,400	24,978	3.50	874	3.00	750
New York	160,884	23,889	3.68	879	2.95	704
North Carolina	14,654	23,318	3.71	865	2.97	693
North Dakota	3,525	22,397	3.56	798	2.95	660
Ohio	48,806	23,681	3.69	873	3.00	711
Oklahoma	5,055	22,285	3.29	732	2.98	664
Oregon	18,180	26,007	3.62	940	3.01	784
Pennsylvania	173,086	23,990	3.64	874	2.95	707
Puerto Rico	3,269	14,643	2.99	438	3.06	448
Rhode Island	186	24,669	3.60	888	2.94	726
South Carolina	6,224	22,130	3.65	807	2.98	659
South Dakota	9,261	22,991	3.69	847	2.98	685
Tennessee	10,953	21,921	3.50	768	2.96	650
Texas	30,314	24,016	3.62	869	3.03	728
Utah	15,740	25,615	3.57	914	2.99	765
Vermont	24,764	24,249	3.68	892	2.97	721
Virginia	38,366	23,389	3.61	844	2.97	694
Washington	37,081	26,612	3.63	966	2.99	797
West Virginia	4,028	22,905	3.59	822	3.02	692
Wisconsin	231,869	24,819	3.71	922	2.97	737
Wyoming	330	26,030	3.59	935	2.90	756
United States	1,668,927	24,380	3.65	890	2.99	727
1Protein was reported with at least 99% of records for all states except California (85%)