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August 17, 2026

The State of the Dexter Weekly — DexterTank

Your weekly window into the world of Dexter — the news, the market, and the genetics moving right now.

Week of August 10 – August 17, 2026

🖋 The State of the Dexter

This week 98 new listings were added to the marketplace from 13 seller sites across six countries, a decline from 101 the prior week. The new inventory included 74 semen lots and 24 embryos.

Among the 66 priced semen lots, the median asking price per straw is $75. The 7 priced embryo lots show a median asking price of $1,000.

The United States led the market with 70 listings, followed by the U.K. (12), Canada (9) and Australia (5). The six most frequently offered sires were Mrf Nitro, Saltaire Silver (Polled), M2707 Black, Sgf Smir Jocko, Sure Shot Southern Comfort A2A2 Reference Sire, and Tolfree Farms Love Potion #9, each with two listings.

📈 The week in numbers
  • 98 new listings found (−3 on the week before), from 13 seller sites in 6 countries
  • The mix: 74 semen, 24 embryo
  • Median asking price among newly listed semen: $75 a straw (66 priced listings)
  • Median asking price among newly listed embryos: $1,000 (7 priced listings)
  • Most active countries: 🇺🇸 USA (70), 🇬🇧 UK (12), 🇨🇦 Canada (9), 🇦🇺 Australia (5)
  • Sires most often offered: Mrf Nitro (2), Saltaire Silver (Polled) M2707 Black (2), Sgf Smir Jocko (2), Sure Shot Southern Comfort A2A2 Reference Sire (2), Tolfree Farms Love Potion #9 (2)
🧬 New on the market
COBTHORN DANNYBOY M3937 Black BD1-N Semen — £70
🇬🇧 UK · dextercattle.co.uk · semen
Dexter Bull Semen — Maple Ridge Farm — 500 CAD
🇨🇦 Canada · mapleridge-farm.com · semen
Jan (Hillview Jan) Embryos — Belle Fourche Farm — $5,000
🇺🇸 USA · dexters4u.com · embryo
Dexter Embryos — Summer Solstice Farms — 1,000 US
🇺🇸 USA · summersolsticefarms.weebly.com · embryo
Dexter Corner Avitus Semen — Sure Shot Cattle Company — $75
🇺🇸 USA · sureshotcattle.com · semen
📚 From the learning center
Importing semen and embryos: a practical checklist
Moving frozen genetics across a border is mostly a paperwork exercise — but every step has to be done in the right order. A general checklist and the official authorities to contact.
9-minute read

This edition was compiled for the archive from that week's records.


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