[Mr. Lucky]

600 lbs. is awfully light for a slaughter steer (unless it's a light dairy breed). You can expect to be bidding against folks who intend to put the animal on a feed lot and add another 400-600lbs or so. These feeder steers sell at a substantial premium per pound to heavier slaughter steers.

For what it's worth.

[Marie]

Right now, at our auction house, 600-800 pound steer are going for about $100-120 each. We should get 250-300 lbs of meat (we like the fat) depending on the size of the animal. So that’s still 50 cents a pound and that’s with steaks and roasts.

The largest thing I’ve ever slaughtered and butchered at home was a 600lb ram. It took three women and one man 8 hours to get it in the freezer and to serve up a nice stew. The next two days were spent canning a good part of it.

I have three capable teenagers (two are male), me and another woman. I don’t want to tackle anything larger than that for a first time. Setting us up for success, you know. ;-)