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The Sladek Family StoryFree cattle-market updates · Raised Right. Sold Right.
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Know What to Buy.
Where to Buy.
Where to Sell.

Four pillars. One cattle decision system.

What. When.
Where. How.

Find the right cattle, follow the right markets, know the numbers, and put better information behind every decision.

Cattle on the Sladek ranchWHATSCI Ranch · Dale, Texas

Choose with a plan

Buy the right cattle for your herd, country, and goals.

What’s inside

Use SCI buyer guides to judge structure, genetics, maternal value, forage fit, heat tolerance, calving goals, and the price that still makes sense.

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45 auction markets tracked across 7 Texas regions — and growing.

“The scale doesn’t lie. Neither do we.”

SCI, since 1961 · Premium data. Stronger markets. Smarter decisions.
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Texas Livestock Auction Barn Directory

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Elite Angus herd sire · Wilks Ranch

Annual & production sales

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Find annual sales across the country. Go straight to the host for catalogs, bidding, and sale details.

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Buy for your country

The right cow
starts with the right questions.

Use SCI guides to evaluate structure, maternal function, genetics, environment, and price before you bid.

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SCI cattle buyer guides

The right cattle.
For your kind of country.

Build or improve your herd with a clearer way to judge the animal, the genetics, the environment, and the price.

Pasture. Heat. Rainfall. Calving goals. Replacement value. Start with what your operation actually needs.

The Sladek family at the SCI ranch in Dale, TexasThree generations of Sladeks working at the SCI ranch in Dale, TexasHH Cattle Co. · Dale, Texas

Our Heritage

Same ranch, same hands,
same standard.

What began in 1961 as a passion for good cattle and good people has grown into a commercial cattle business the family runs to this day — the Sladek Ranch alongside HH Cattle Company.

Three generations later, we operate on the same principles that started it all: treat people right, stand behind your word, and never stop working for better cattle. When you work with SCI, you talk to a Sladek — not a call center.

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