DHI Herd Averages - Percentile Thresholds 01

Table 5A-5C. Percentile thresholds for herds with 25 or more cows

and enrolled in an official testing plan by breed and yield trait, 2001.

Table 5A. Milk
Percentile	Ayrshire	Brown Swiss	Guernsey	Holstein	Jersey	Milking Shorthorn	Red and White
90	19,203	21,671	18,312	24,848	17,718	18,189	24,164
80	18,066	20,475	17,162	23,361	16,549	16,732	21,571
70	17,087	19,055	16,101	22,305	15,927	15,389	21,046
60	16,125	18,030	15,483	21,406	15,322	14,396	20,313
50	15,407	17,404	14,609	20,573	14,763	14,181	19,748
40	14,504	16,490	13,812	19,711	14,082	13,284	18,757
30	13,947	15,536	13,219	18,790	13,410	13,097	17,495
20	13,129	14,312	12,512	17,652	12,568	12,046	16,680
10	12,218	13,283	11,301	15,902	11,171	10,003	15,667
0	9,351	6,966	9,692	4,130	5,120	7,699	10,546
Number of Herds	105	215	150	19,395	999	34	27

Table 5B. Fat
Percentile	Ayrshire	Brown Swiss	Guernsey	Holstein	Jersey	Milking Shorthorn	Red and White
90	748	883	805	910	818	671	866
80	706	829	766	857	767	619	776
70	660	784	735	819	735	572	767
60	631	736	685	787	710	543	749
50	576	707	655	756	677	515	717
40	556	665	623	725	647	487	699
30	542	624	598	691	617	477	639
20	521	571	565	650	575	428	620
10	464	523	506	587	512	361	598
0	395	290	431	146	224	280	407
Number of Herds	105	215	150	19,395	999	34	27

Table 5C. Protein¹
Percentile	Ayrshire	Brown Swiss	Guernsey	Holstein	Jersey	Milking Shorthorn	Red and White
90	598	723	614	753	636	554	742
80	574	683	582	710	595	539	641
70	544	645	544	678	569	484	630
60	521	608	511	652	549	451	615
50	475	582	491	626	529	441	592
40	456	559	464	601	506	420	553
30	445	523	446	574	479	399	526
20	421	486	426	539	450	378	510
10	394	447	370	488	401	306	485
0	302	229	333	116	165	253	325
Number of Herds	105	215	150	19,395	999	34	27

¹Protein means are a mixture of true and crude protein.