WalnutCrest.
I will take a the most docile animal ANY DAY of the week.. If I feel like they should fear me, a daily zap with a hotshot for a week will GUARANTEE a worse score.. it's EASY to get a worse score.
What I don't like are animals that are unafraid and stupid or spooky. I know the ones I just can't trust to not jump and freak out at a bag flapping somewhere, or the ones that go from being nice all year to wicked witches at calving time.. THOSE are my definition of bad temperaments.. I have cows that aren't tame, they like their distance, but they behave predictably.
You wouldn't like Mega.. I can just walk up to her, put the milk bucket under her, and milk.
Andyva beat me on this.. yes there are many aspects of docility, and trying to lump it all together, though well intentioned may not work out that well.
My current Limo bull has been really good, I have had to shoo him off once or twice when he wanted more attention than I was prepared to give him, but he's always behaved well. My yearling is shaping up to be similar, he doesn't get worked up about anything and takes everything in stride.
Our Gelbvieh bull wasn't a *tame* bull, he liked to be about 5 feet away, but wasn't freaky either.. even after the 5 hour ride to the sale barn he was calm, and just ambled out of the trailer and into his pen.
Now our Shorthorn bull (and his son) were a whole other story, They were friendly enough when they were here, but as soon as they had to be worked they turned into manhunters.. Lady who runs the sale barn remembers that 2400 lb monster very well, and she sees a few animals!.. The son went to the butcher, and he wasn't much better.. I had him in a 3 horse angle haul trailer, and to unlatch his gate I had to get in there... I straddled the windows with my legs, and unhooked his gate, and then he wanted to turn ME into hamburger, I had my back up against the roof, and my calculations were correct, he couldn't reach me up there, but he sure tried! Good riddance to both of those arseholes!