Color: brownish, red and white
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 7
Temperament: active and alert
Other: attractive long horns
Color: light to dark brown
Weight*: 2,400 lbs. (5,280 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 2
Temperament: docile and slow moving
Other: grows rapidly
Color: white
Weight*: 2,300 lbs. (5,060 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 6
Temperament: moderately alert and active
Other: heavily muscled
Color: white
Weight*: 3,000 lbs. (6,600 kg.)
Height**: huge
Tractability***: 10
Temperament: alert and excitable, at times to a fault
Other: grows rapidly
Color: red
Weight*: 1,600–1,800 lbs. (3,520–3,960 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 10
Temperament: quick and alert
Other: easy to color match
Color: black, dark red, dun
Weight*: 1,000 lbs. (2,200 kg.)
Height**: small
Tractability***: 9
Temperament: quick and alert, at times to a fault
Other: long horns, heavy muscling
Color: white belt around black body
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 3
Temperament: moderately docile
Other: rare breed
Color: brown or fawn with white patches
Weight*: 1,800 lbs. (3,960 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 1
Temperament: easy-going
Other: lean and angular
Color: dark red with white face
Weight*: 2,200 lbs. (4,840 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 3
Temperament: moderately docile
Other: rare breed
Color: black and white or red and white
Weight*: 2,500 lbs. (5,500 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 3
Temperament: docile
Other: grows rapidly
Color: any shade of brown
Weight*: 1,600 lbs. (3,520 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 8
Temperament: moderately active and excitable
Other: easy to color-match
Color: black with white stripe down back and belly
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 7
Temperament: moderately active and alert
Other: rare breed
Color: red, red and white, roan
Weight*: 2,300 lbs. (5,060 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 4
Temperament: moderately docile
Other: matures slowly
Color: all black, brown, gray, or white
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 9
Temperament: active
Other: long shaggy hair
Color: gray or grayish brown
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 8
Temperament: active
Other: hump on back
Color: any color or combination
Weight*: 1,800–2,000 lbs. (3,520–4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 10
Temperament: active and alert
Other: impressive horns
Color: black or brownish black
Weight*: 3,000 lbs. (6,600 kg.)
Height**: huge
Tractability***: 7
Temperament: moderately active
Color: solid black
Weight*: 2,000 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: medium-large
Tractability***: 7
Temperament: moderately quick and alert
Other: easy to color-match
Color: black and white with white face and head
Weight*: 2,200 lbs. (4,400 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 2
Temperament: easy-going
Color: solid black or solid black-dark brown
Weight*: 1,800 lbs. (3,960 kg.)
Height**: medium
Tractability***: 5
Temperament: moderately active
Other: easy to color-match; becoming more common on dairy farms
Color: black, black and white, blue roan
Weight*: 2,300 lbs. (5,060 kg.)
Height**: large
Tractability***: 4
Temperament: moderately docile
Other: fatten easily
* Average weight of a mature ox.
** Comparative height; when taken together with average weight gives you an idea of the breed’s mass
*** On a scale of 1 to 10: 1 being the easiest and 10 the most challenging for an inexperience teamster to train and work in a yoke.