Table 6. State and national standardized lactation averages for Milking Shorthorns calving in 1999, with records used in national genetic evaluations.

	Records	Milk	Fat		Protein1
State	(no.)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)	(%)	(lb)
Alabama	1	12,719	4.21	536	3.29	419
Arizona	211	14,120	3.53	499	3.08	434
Arkansas	12	19,702	3.59	708	3.16	622
California	179	16,294	3.48	567	3.14	512
Colorado	6	22,344	3.41	763	3.09	691
Connecticut	2	19,144	3.72	713	2.98	570
Idaho	72	25,638	3.34	858	3.09	793
Illinois	37	17,277	3.66	633	3.17	547
Indiana	27	16,095	3.59	578	3.23	521
Iowa	150	14,300	3.76	538	3.08	441
Kansas	35	18,109	3.73	675	3.12	565
Maine	43	17,551	3.56	625	3.08	541
Maryland	4	16,045	3.92	629	2.94	472
Massachusetts	12	18,575	3.51	653	3.08	572
Michigan	1	15,026	4.50	676	3.13	470
Minnesota	526	17,044	3.67	625	3.06	521
Missouri	81	16,630	3.55	590	3.20	533
Nebraska	24	15,215	3.48	529	3.13	476
New Hampshire	69	18,157	3.53	641	3.03	551
New York	71	16,189	3.46	561	3.04	492
North Dakota	8	16,421	3.70	607	3.22	529
Ohio	76	14,084	3.53	497	3.04	428
Oklahoma	203	15,933	3.33	531	3.06	489
Oregon	66	18,832	3.56	670	3.15	593
Pennsylvania	41	18,301	3.58	655	2.99	548
South Dakota	83	15,181	3.59	546	3.16	479
Tennessee	8	16,669	3.24	539	3.08	514
Texas	34	18,121	3.35	608	3.17	574
Utah	50	14,387	3.81	549	3.26	469
Vermont	45	15,470	3.62	560	2.96	458
Virginia	8	19,413	3.39	657	2.96	575
Washington	39	21,585	3.22	696	3.05	658
West Virginia	1	17,838	4.13	736	3.02	539
Wisconsin	211	17,394	3.68	640	3.07	534
United States	2,436	16,704	3.57	596	3.09	516
1Protein was reported with at least 99% of records for all states