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August 3, 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 July 27 – August 3, 2026

🖋 The State of the Dexter

151 new listings appeared this week, totaling 151 across 12 seller sites in five countries—an increase from 102 the week before. The activity came from the United States (73 listings) and the United Kingdom (54 listings), with smaller amounts in Australia (11 listings) and Canada (10 listings).

The catalog is dominated by semen: 126 new semen listings versus 25 embryo listings. Among the 97 priced semen listings, the median asking price per straw is $89. For the seven priced embryo listings, the median asking price is $1,200. The most frequently offered sires are Lamrockvale Beau (5 listings), Lamrockvale Shaggy (4 listings), Belle Fourche Rousseau (3 listings), Bookhams Robert M2111 Black Bd1‑N (3 listings), and Canwell Buster M1982 Black Bd1‑N (3 listings).

📈 The week in numbers
  • 151 new listings found (+49 on the week before), from 12 seller sites in 5 countries
  • The mix: 126 semen, 25 embryo
  • Median asking price among newly listed semen: $89 a straw (97 priced listings)
  • Median asking price among newly listed embryos: $1,200 (7 priced listings)
  • Most active countries: 🇺🇸 USA (73), 🇬🇧 UK (54), 🇦🇺 Australia (11), 🇨🇦 Canada (10)
  • Sires most often offered: Lamrockvale Beau (5), Lamrockvale Shaggy (4), Belle Fourche Rousseau (3), Bookhams Robert M2111 Black Bd1-N (3), Canwell Buster M1982 Black Bd1-N (3)
🧬 New on the market
GAF Mozart Semen — D-Squared Cattle Company LLC — $55
🇺🇸 USA · dextermarketplace.com · semen
Mraid Amadeus (Not registered) Semen — Belle Fourche Farm — $25
🇺🇸 USA · dexters4u.com · semen
Dexter Embryos — Maureen Sellars — 1,100 AUD
🇦🇺 Australia · margritadexters.com.au · embryo
SALTAIRE SILVER (polled) M2707 Black Semen — The Dexter Cattle Society — £36
🇬🇧 UK · dextercattle.co.uk · semen
WHITEGATES SEAMUS M2119 Black BD1-C short Semen — The Dexter Cattle Society — £70
🇬🇧 UK · dextercattle.co.uk · semen
📚 From the learning center
Embryo transfer basics
Embryo transfer multiplies your best cows. How donors and recipients work, in vivo versus IVF embryos, fresh versus frozen, and what drives pregnancy rates.
7-minute read

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


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