Summary of Herd Averages
DHI Report K-3 for 2004

DHI Herd Averages 2004  
Table 1. Averages of DHI Cow Herds, 2004
By Herd Size

  Records Milk Fat Protein
Herd size (cow-years per herd) Herds Cow-years (lbs) (%) (lbs) % Reporting (%) (lbs) % Reporting
5- 24 922 15,351 16,578 4.01 665 100 3.20 530 100
25- 49 5,957 236,012 18,658 3.80 710 100 3.08 574 100
50- 74 6,674 406,459 19,742 3.79 748 100 3.08 608 99
75- 99 3,669 314,994 20,177 3.75 757 99 3.08 623 99
100- 149 3,471 417,297 20,162 3.74 758 98 3.09 625 98
150- 199 1,439 247,309 20,350 3.74 767 96 3.09 633 96
200- 299 1,393 338,365 20,645 3.70 774 95 3.09 644 95
300- 399 711 246,772 20,952 3.71 789 95 3.09 656 93
400- 499 393 174,800 21,511 3.67 796 94 3.08 673 87
500- 749 619 377,215 22,315 3.63 820 94 3.08 697 89
750- 999 303 263,449 22,480 3.62 820 96 3.09 702 90
1,000-1,499 310 379,256 22,642 3.64 829 96 3.09 704 87
1,500-1,999 128 219,715 22,603 3.63 821 99 3.08 699 91
2,000-2,999 110 263,882 22,487 3.62 813 97 3.09 695 87
3,000-3,999 45 154,307 23,240 3.60 836 100 3.08 713 89
4,000+ 36 190,729 23,129 3.60 833 96 3.11 720 93
All Herds 26,180 4,245,910 21,250 3.69 787 97 3.09 658 93 

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DHI Herd Averages 2004  
Table 2. Averages of DHI Cow Herds, 2004
By Breed and Category of Testing Plan

  Records Milk Fat Protein
Breed Test Plan Category Herds Cow-years Cow-years per herd (lb) (%) (lb) % Reporting (%) (lb) % Reporting
Ayrshire Official 123 6,666 54 15,375 3.85 592 100 3.18 489 100
  Management 12 429 36 13,044 4.15 542 100 3.10 405 100
  All plans 135 7,094 53 15,234 3.86 589 100 3.18 484 100
Brown Swiss Official 274 14,021 51 17,473 4.04 711 98 3.38 595 99
  Management 18 817 45 16,170 4.20 678 100 3.39 548 100
  All plans 292 14,838 51 17,401 4.04 709 98 3.38 592 99
Guernsey Official 165 7,816 47 15,143 4.52 684 100 3.37 511 99
  Management 35 1,368 39 13,769 4.49 618 100 3.36 462 100
  All plans 200 9,184 46 14,938 4.51 674 100 3.37 503 99
Holstein Official 16,762 3,233,578 193 21,946 3.63 800 98 3.07 674 94
  Management 5,990 643,737 107 20,434 3.75 774 91 3.06 632 88
  All plans 22,752 3,877,315 170 21,695 3.65 796 97 3.06 667 93
Jersey Official 1,044 162,609 156 15,739 4.60 725 100 3.59 565 98
  Management 137 8,659 63 14,188 4.68 665 97 3.58 510 95
  All plans 1,181 171,268 145 15,661 4.60 722 99 3.59 562 97
Milking Shorthorn Official 42 2,223 53 14,093 3.58 504 100 3.11 438 100
  Management 6 399 66 14,198 3.92 557 100 3.20 454 100
  All plans 48 2,622 55 14,109 3.63 512 100 3.12 441 100
Red and White Official 27 1,373 51 20,226 3.67 743 100 3.02 611 100
  Management 4 159 40 18,731 3.79 709 100 3.04 569 100
  All plans 31 1,531 49 20,071 3.69 740 100 3.02 607 100
Mixed Official 1,224 133,394 109 17,805 3.85 688 98 3.20 572 97
  Management 317 28,664 90 16,703 3.83 646 90 3.14 529 90
  All plans 1,541 162,058 105 17,610 3.84 681 96 3.19 565 96
All breeds Official 19,661 3,561,678 181 21,457 3.68 791 98 3.09 664 94
  Management 6,519 684,232 105 20,172 3.76 766 91 3.06 625 88
  All plans 26,180 4,245,910 162 21,250 3.69 787 97 3.09 658 93 

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DHI Herd Averages 2004  
Table 3. Averages of Official test plan DHI cow herds 2004
By State

  Records Milk Fat Protein
State Herds Cow-years Cow-years per herd (lb) (%) (lb) % Reporting (%) (lb) % Reporting
Alabama 36 6,423 178 16,277 3.76 616 91 3.19 523 94
Arizona 52 85,982 1,653 21,656 3.59 780 97 2.99 654 94
Arkansas 43 5,243 122 17,892 3.63 650 100 3.15 563 100
California 956 883,190 924 22,233 3.67 817 100 3.15 699 85
Colorado 53 37,054 699 23,239 3.55 825 100 3.08 716 100
Connecticut 98 12,222 125 21,575 3.56 768 100 3.05 658 100
Delaware 33 4,659 141 19,807 3.80 754 100 3.11 617 100
Florida 38 31,402 826 19,506 3.59 725 76 3.00 610 75
Georgia 142 36,906 260 18,852 3.58 667 57 3.05 567 57
Idaho 175 116,257 664 22,881 3.57 817 100 3.12 714 100
Illinois 443 44,490 100 20,530 3.71 762 100 3.08 633 100
Indiana 325 37,166 114 21,076 3.70 779 99 3.10 652 99
Iowa 859 88,018 102 21,153 3.72 788 100 3.09 654 100
Kansas 220 32,478 148 21,217 3.65 744 70 3.12 637 70
Kentucky 178 18,120 102 18,267 3.61 660 99 3.10 566 99
Louisiana 91 12,853 141 15,539 3.49 562 62 3.08 499 60
Maine 123 11,336 92 19,990 3.77 754 100 3.09 619 98
Maryland 341 36,765 108 19,741 3.79 748 100 3.10 613 100
Massachusetts 93 9,126 98 21,293 3.73 796 99 3.11 662 99
Michigan 663 119,297 180 23,577 3.71 873 99 3.02 711 99
Minnesota 2,167 231,774 107 21,107 3.74 790 100 3.10 654 100
Mississippi 56 9,072 162 18,807 3.68 693 99 3.07 578 99
Missouri 305 29,436 97 18,125 3.72 673 100 3.14 569 100
Montana 41 6,441 157 22,738 3.53 802 100 3.02 686 100
Nebraska 164 25,355 155 20,504 3.69 756 100 3.10 636 100
Nevada 17 10,236 602 23,117 3.61 836 100 3.16 706 78
New Hampshire 88 9,697 110 21,787 3.71 808 100 3.11 677 100
New Jersey 59 5,843 99 20,817 3.91 814 100 3.06 637 100
New Mexico 30 55,049 1,835 22,541 3.53 795 100 3.07 692 100
New York 2,064 295,706 143 21,434 3.65 783 98 3.02 649 98
North Carolina 182 27,819 153 19,942 3.70 737 100 3.06 610 100
North Dakota 43 5,115 119 20,654 3.69 762 100 3.02 623 100
Ohio 755 90,565 120 20,964 3.73 781 100 3.11 653 100
Oklahoma 67 7,992 119 18,431 3.50 644 100 3.11 574 100
Oregon 232 54,467 235 21,230 3.86 820 100 3.19 677 100
Pennsylvania 3,027 265,691 88 20,616 3.65 753 100 3.06 631 100
Puerto Rico 161 38,784 241 10,148 3.01 302 70 3.09 315 86
Rhode Island 6 413 69 19,563 3.69 721 100 3.13 611 100
South Carolina 63 12,976 206 18,684 3.76 703 100 3.11 581 100
South Dakota 114 17,192 151 20,740 3.76 779 100 3.06 635 100
Tennessee 209 25,063 120 18,228 3.73 682 93 3.07 560 94
Texas 194 95,295 491 20,440 3.68 753 94 3.14 644 94
Utah 155 35,689 230 22,155 3.59 795 100 3.09 685 100
Vermont 369 48,269 131 20,901 3.75 783 99 3.09 646 99
Virginia 407 57,454 141 20,405 3.59 733 100 3.04 621 99
Washington 198 63,367 320 23,488 3.64 856 100 3.08 724 100
West Virginia 53 5,782 109 18,285 3.74 684 100 3.12 570 100
Wisconsin 3,470 401,412 116 22,584 3.72 841 100 3.06 691 100
Wyoming 3 740 247 19,804 3.75 743 100 3.03 600 100
United States 19,661 3,561,678 181 21,457 3.68 791 98 3.09 664 94 

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DHI Herd Averages 2004  
Table 4. Averages of Management Test Plan DHI Cow Herds, 2004
By State

  Records Milk Fat Protein
State Herds Cow-years Cow-years per herd (lb) (%) (lb) % Reporting (%) (lb) % Reporting
Alabama 2 230 115 15,312 3.85 589 100 2.85 614 16
Alaska 1 90 90 22,908 3.82 875 100 3.95 904 100
Arizona 3 5,906 1,969 18,102 3.57 646 100 3.07 555 100
Arkansas 4 878 219 16,548 3.78 625 100 3.28 542 100
California 74 62,096 839 21,515 3.66 788 100 3.15 696 77
Colorado 11 6,854 623 22,184 3.46 768 100 3.19 707 100
Connecticut 1 59 59 27,388 3.91 1071 100 3.19 874 100
Delaware 7 199 28 18,874 3.76 709 100 2.98 562 100
Florida 51 29,704 582 17,154 3.47 609 31 2.97 525 30
Georgia 55 11,959 217 17,122 3.57 544 21 3.03 461 21
Hawaii 1 455 455 14,935 4.20 628 100 . . 0
Idaho 21 14,316 682 23,460 3.53 829 100 3.09 726 100
Illinois 95 10,062 106 20,788 3.73 779 99 3.07 638 100
Indiana 86 7,624 89 20,556 3.73 757 85 3.08 626 85
Iowa 204 22,794 112 21,020 3.74 790 95 3.06 646 95
Kansas 40 6,584 165 20,084 3.61 729 99 3.12 627 100
Kentucky 55 4,495 82 18,307 3.59 664 89 3.05 565 89
Louisiana 6 1,087 181 14,476 3.32 486 69 3.08 452 69
Maine 7 1,593 228 21,921 3.06 614 58 2.72 517 38
Maryland 20 1,315 66 17,862 3.71 662 100 3.04 542 100
Massachusetts 3 306 102 20,437 3.66 748 100 3.07 627 100
Michigan 128 27,219 213 22,665 3.83 870 93 3.03 688 93
Minnesota 606 43,993 73 19,398 3.97 771 100 3.09 599 99
Mississippi 12 1,560 130 19,537 3.26 647 93 2.97 591 89
Missouri 110 9,260 84 16,776 3.58 600 100 3.09 518 100
Montana 5 1,421 284 23,718 3.52 835 100 2.98 708 100
Nebraska 27 3,971 147 20,793 3.74 777 100 3.12 649 100
Nevada . . . . . . . . . .
New Hampshire 6 273 46 19,268 3.84 739 100 3.14 604 100
New Jersey 1 71 71 18,464 3.77 696 100 2.94 543 100
New Mexico 3 4,721 1,574 21,952 3.49 765 100 2.98 653 100
New York 289 29,112 101 19,594 3.76 739 85 3.01 595 80
North Carolina 26 6,561 252 19,321 3.67 785 45 3.04 565 17
North Dakota 11 944 86 19,147 3.73 722 96 3.07 594 96
Ohio 221 21,575 98 19,696 3.71 731 100 3.06 603 100
Oklahoma 31 8,080 261 19,569 3.48 681 99 3.05 597 99
Oregon 10 1,866 187 19,968 3.82 764 100 3.15 628 100
Pennsylvania 1,243 67,361 54 20,306 3.64 739 98 3.01 611 98
Puerto Rico 1 231 231 11,789 . . 0 . . 0
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . .
South Carolina 4 972 243 16,479 . . 0 . . 0
South Dakota 77 11,645 151 19,080 3.82 731 97 3.09 591 97
Tennessee 19 2,713 143 16,407 3.70 613 76 3.03 506 73
Texas 47 32,394 689 19,863 3.56 716 63 3.02 608 60
Utah 22 3,645 166 19,188 3.57 684 100 3.12 601 95
Vermont 84 9,640 115 19,417 3.81 735 93 3.09 597 93
Virgin Islands 3 502 167 7,787 . . 0 . . 0
Virginia 70 9,066 130 18,855 3.55 676 83 3.02 575 85
Washington 23 5,411 235 23,244 3.66 851 100 3.15 732 100
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . .
Wisconsin 2,693 191,423 71 20,438 3.92 800 100 3.06 626 100
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . .
United States 6,519 684,232 105 20,172 3.76 766 91 3.06 625 88 

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DHI Herd Averages - Percentile Thresholds 04  
Table 5A-5C. Percentile Thresholds for Herds with 25 or More Cows
and Enrolled in an Official Testing Plan by Breed and Yield Trait, 2004.

Table 5A. Milk
Percentile Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey Milking Shorthorn Red and White
99 21,964 28,229 22,267 34,160 23,754 19,903 26,594
90 18,909 21,883 18,696 25,163 18,030 17,593 24,697
80 17,671 20,254 17,704 23,682 17,095 17,050 22,098
70 17,059 19,091 16,588 22,614 16,259 15,636 21,089
60 16,710 18,247 15,765 21,685 15,592 14,352 20,890
50 15,663 17,553 14,794 20,813 14,878 13,826 20,315
40 14,511 16,812 14,220 19,959 14,258 13,328 19,870
30 13,294 15,705 13,511 19,015 13,384 13,079 19,213
20 11,982 14,551 12,566 17,794 12,427 12,139 17,479
10 11,318 13,487 11,716 16,076 11,242 10,699 14,461
0 8,621 9,701 8,835 4,724 5,383 8,200 13,365
Number of Herds 90 193 123 16,350 904 26 23

 

 
Table 5B. Fat
Percentile Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey Milking Shorthorn Red and White
99 856 1,091 1,056 1,382 1,053 732 962
90 740 900 853 927 839 667 909
80 702 811 790 871 789 606 825
70 676 778 750 832 749 547 782
60 611 741 704 798 715 530 766
50 576 706 667 766 685 514 731
40 551 680 633 735 651 496 712
30 517 627 610 700 608 483 699
20 472 602 577 656 563 413 630
10 437 528 534 594 507 383 580
0 349 273 359 152 248 273 518
Number of Herds 90 193 123 16,350 904 26 23

 

 
Table 5C. Protein
Percentile Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey Milking Shorthorn Red and White
99 701 998 709 1,046 794 618 777
90 598 743 625 768 647 561 736
80 572 684 600 723 608 532 653
70 549 640 551 692 582 484 644
60 531 615 526 665 560 448 628
50 503 591 503 639 535 428 618
40 463 566 479 613 510 421 613
30 419 532 455 584 479 407 592
20 378 495 430 547 444 377 528
10 352 457 399 494 403 332 476
0 277 312 297 137 183 243 423
Number of Herds 90 193 123 16,350 904 26 23 

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DHI Goat Herd Averages 2004  
Table 6. Averages of Official DHI Goat Herds, 2004
By State

  Records Milk Fat Protein
State Herds Doe-years Doe-years per herd (lb) (%) (lb) (%) (lb) % Reporting
Alabama 2 22 11 1,374 3.35 46 2.93 40 100
Alaska 1 7 7 573 5.58 32 4.36 25 100
Arizona 3 25 9 2,226 3.97 88 3.27 73 100
Arkansas 6 118 20 1,586 3.53 56 2.96 46 94
California 33 1,477 45 1,975 3.41 67 3.00 59 99
Colorado 12 251 21 1,947 3.64 71 3.06 60 96
Connecticut 6 51 9 1,284 3.45 44 2.84 36 100
Florida 4 29 7 1,596 3.54 57 3.36 43 66
Georgia 3 29 10 2,282 3.50 80 3.15 72 100
Idaho 9 127 14 1,574 3.94 62 3.04 48 100
Illinois 6 166 28 2,011 3.64 73 2.87 58 100
Indiana 13 338 26 1,610 3.87 62 2.89 47 98
Iowa 7 831 119 1,871 3.46 65 2.96 55 100
Kansas 10 118 12 1,718 4.01 69 3.25 56 100
Kentucky 2 25 12 1,430 3.71 53 3.51 50 100
Maine 11 107 10 1,521 3.59 55 3.07 47 100
Maryland 15 327 22 1,516 3.70 56 3.01 46 100
Massachusetts 4 65 16 1,650 4.39 73 3.05 50 100
Michigan 14 99 7 1,791 4.29 77 3.28 61 91
Minnesota 19 1,101 58 1,988 3.51 70 3.05 61 100
Mississippi 2 41 21 955 4.22 40 3.08 29 100
Missouri 11 144 13 1,716 3.83 66 3.28 55 86
Montana 1 85 85 2,061 3.74 77 3.11 64 100
Nebraska 1 7 7 1,079 2.87 31 2.97 32 100
New Hampshire 5 86 17 1,175 4.17 49 3.22 38 100
New Jersey 7 64 9 1,462 3.86 56 2.87 42 100
New Mexico 3 85 28 1,406 3.15 44 2.76 39 92
New York 22 906 42 2,138 3.52 75 2.93 63 99
North Carolina 2 34 17 2,514 3.20 80 2.77 70 100
Ohio 9 633 71 1,693 3.42 58 2.92 49 100
Oklahoma 5 107 21 1,302 3.83 50 3.49 43 87
Oregon 37 665 18 1,610 3.73 60 3.09 49 94
Pennsylvania 21 511 25 1,551 3.65 57 3.05 47 100
Rhode Island 2 8 4 2,130 3.56 76 2.83 60 100
South Dakota 1 12 12 999 3.90 39 3.00 30 100
Texas 11 128 12 1,629 4.39 71 3.45 54 91
Utah 5 120 24 1,999 4.36 87 3.30 66 100
Vermont 2 327 164 1,665 3.15 52 2.87 48 8
Virginia 6 153 26 1,163 4.68 54 3.15 53 50
Washington 10 95 10 1,956 4.04 79 3.10 61 100
West Virginia 4 45 11 1,907 3.62 69 2.84 54 100
Wisconsin 27 1,606 60 1,690 3.79 64 2.96 55 86
Wyoming 9 94 11 1,527 3.50 53 3.07 48 79
United States 380 11,265 30 1,782 3.62 65 3.01 55 93 

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DHI Goat Herd Averages 2004  
Table 7. Averages of DHI Goat Herds, 2004
By Breed

  Records Milk Fat Protein
State Herds Doe-years (lb) (lb) Herds Doe-years (lb)
Alpine 66 1,587 2,104 72 63 1,554 60
Experimental 6 242 1,785 59 6 242 51
LaMancha 43 647 1,765 68 38 583 56
Mixed Breed 113 6,364 1,750 62 107 5,747 54
Nubian 84 1,129 1,449 65 78 1,077 51
Oberhasli 18 209 1,810 66 17 201 51
Saanen 33 795 1,903 68 32 787 56
Toggenburg 17 293 1,680 56 17 293 47
All Breeds 380 11,265 1,782 65 358 10,484 55 

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