In short we are a commercial and registered black Angus cow-calf operation, located in the heart of Eastern Oregon's Baker Valley.

The DLX is a prime arbiter of the essence of Agriculture and its backbone reflects the American way of life. Run by family and a few hired hands, the ranch is located a few miles north of Baker City, Oregon just off I-84. Owners, Kirk and Michelle Scilacci, their daughter, Rory, and son, Morgan, call the ranch home.

Like the surrounding area of Baker County, the ranch itself has a unique history of its own. At the earliest known time, prior to 1956, the cattle operation, then called the Coffey Ranch, was sold to Roy Farmer, of the Farmer Coffee Company. The Farmers were absentee owners until 1972 when they sold the ranch to Howard Driggers, who renamed it to the “Slash D”. After calling the ranch home for only seven years, the Driggers sold it in 1979 to Jim and Joan Ray, who, again, changed the name to“Lazy J.” The Rays spent each summer on the ranch while wintering further south in a warmer climate, southern Arizona. In 1991, the Rays sold the ranch to yet another absentee owner, Ed McGah, hailing from the San Francisco bay area in Northern California. This time, the name was changed to the “Heritage Ranch.”

In 2006, Kirk and Michelle Scilacci, previously rice farmers from California, purchased and moved to the ranch. To this day the Scilacci family runs a smaller piece of their northern California rice farm.

In the nearly 20 years of ownership, the Scilacci's have expanded the ranch considerably. They have added additional meadow and range ground, bringing the current deeded acreage to approximately 17,000. Meticulous, diligent planning and hard work has enabled the Scilacci family to not only make significant improvements to the ranch but also build their Angus cattle herd. The Scilacci's have incorporated some of the latest in technological advancements, best cattle management practices, and a rigorous but selective vaccine protocol, in accordance with Beef Quality Assurance standards, the USDA, and the state of Oregon.

In recent years, the family has built a high-quality, reputable embryo transfer and recipient cow herd program by providing ET services to small and large clients from all over the United States. It is our pride and passion to serve as the highest quality, most detail-oriented, ethical ET service provider and recipient beef cow herd in North America.

Currently, The DLX offers premier genetics with foundational females from top beef cattle herds across America. This has allowed the family to exhibit promising and powerful young females and bulls at premier state and national livestock shows across the Pacific Northwest and the nation.

Our commitment at The DLX is to provide the highest quality beef cattle and ET services to our customers every day. Without sound moral and ethical guidance, our ranch would not be what it is today. On the commercial cattle side, providing the most nutritious, all-natural beef to, ultimately, the consumer for an exemplary eating experience, is crucially important.

For this and many other reasons, The DLX will always sustainably practice sound business and ethical standards to ensure “quality and integrity.”