great post at cattle.com on cost of steer

[knabe]

then, it gets interesting.

http://beefcutoutcalculator.agsci.colostate.edu/

 

[Go Green]

Thanks Knabe, our fair is next week. Maybe i'll post one of these in the arena on auction day.

 

[knabe]

read the follow on link as well.

 

[turning grass into beef]

I have never had 639 pounds of saleable meat from a 806 pound carcass. 
The numbers produced by the beef cut out calculator were in the ballpark.