We would like to welcome you to the 2026 Slovek Ranch bull sale and say thank you to our customers! We love what we do and are here to serve your needs! This year’s sale brings a set of bulls that carry characteristics and genetics designed to be successful in every aspect of the industry and help bring both longevity and vitality to your operation. The ultimate goal is to do what we can to create the best cattle for our customers in order to keep your operation profitable. Our herd is culled hard in areas of fertility, feet, structure, udders, pleasant dispositions, and strong maternal abilities. Our biggest day Welcome
calving last spring was 42 calves in a day; as a family operation with only 2 of us here now, the cows have to be able to get their calves up, sucking, and thrive independently. Cows are bred to be easy keeping and efficient females whose progeny will go out and work for a living but still are able to pack on pounds using less feed. In correlation, our bulls are fed slower and not pushed hard, allowing them to grow at a more natural pace and persistently proves how much better they hold up. The two-year old bulls were out grazing from mid May to around Dec 10. Since then they have been in a 50 acre pasture and have to walk a ¼ mile between feed and water. The ET yearling bulls got started on feed around Oct 20. When we weighed them this winter and they were gaining too much so we opted to cut back feed rations; the bulls are capable of gaining at much higher rates but we feel strongly that gaining too much too fast will affect how they hold up over the long term. All of the older bulls have passed a fertility test and got breeding and pinkeye/footrot shot. The yearling bulls I’ll bring back home and fertility test in late April or early May after we get through the first cycle of calving. You will notice some lower ratio weaning bulls in this year’s sale. Those bulls are heifer bulls. I added birth ratios
in this year’s sale. For instance a bull with a 80 birth ratio is 20% below the average at birth. If he ended up at 90% weaning ratio he actually should be a plus 10%. We have been enrolled in the Maternal Plus program through the American Angus Association for a few years now and as of 2025 have achieved the Data Driven Herd Program Bronze status. It is made up of only 3 levels- 20 have reached Gold, 27 Silver, and only 81 other breeders in the United States have achieved Bronze status. An achievement showcasing years of dedication to collecting and submitting data to track progress of my herd over time. We do not have time to put up with nuisance cattle and don’t expect you to have to either. By being hard on our cattle, they should create offspring that are easier on you and contribute to the success of your operation! We stand behind our genetics and if you have any problems, please call and we will take care of you. You are welcome to come out and check out the bulls and cows at any point during the year, we love showing off our cattle!! See you at the sale! Bo & Aubrey Slovek
Bo & Aubrey Slovek 605-457-2003 605-454-8124 (c) boslovek@goldenwest.net
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