| Lori,
Since a full grown male Rottweiler can be anywhere from 24" to 27" in height, and be either light, medium or heavy boned, it is impossible to give you an "average" weight for your dog. Also, since weight is purely a measure of how much the owner feeds the dog, it is not a standard you should go by. Your vet should be able to tell you if your pup is a healthy weight if you don't know how to tell.
Changing his food and feeding him more will not make him any bigger than he is genetically programmed to be, it will just make him fat, cause OCD and strain his joints and ligaments. A lot of lines are very slow maturing and you might not see the characteristics you're looking for until 2 years or later. If both his parents look like the kind of dog you wanted, chances are he will too. If you don't know his background, there really is no way to predict how big he will be or how fast he will grow. Forget about trying to make him grow more and just concentrate on making him grow up healthy.
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