We purchased a heifer bred to him! Long story short... She ended up having twins! Both calves came easily and growing very well! He is definitely a bull I would recommend!
You could try the old broom trick! In the chute, take an old broom and brush it on his back legs. Doing this everyday should desensitize him a little back there. <rock> <rock>
Roundness of hip and stoutness are in the genetics.. You can hide those flaws by a good clip job and leveling his pins. As far as stoutness it is almost all genetics and impossible to fix.
I have seen some very nice frisky whiskey steers this spring! He might be an option... Plus if they are heifers they are paper able maintainers with a whiskey pedigree!
His dam is out of a very nice PB simmental bull Blazer and he also has a shot of WMW from his sire. I think he should work fine as a terminal or in a breeding program.