This study applies the CSS method to identify candidate genomic regions harboring genes responsible for bovine stature, a polygenic complex trait. Cohorts of contrasting phenotypes were investigated in multibreed panel comparisons using morphological information on wither height of 55 worldwide breeds of European and African Bos taurus. Finally, we compiled orthologous genes from several GWAS on human height and mapped them on the bovine genome assembly (UMD3.1) to explicate the significant genomic regions in cattle defined by CSS.