Your weekly window into the world of Dexter — the news, the market, and the genetics moving right now.
Week of October 19 – October 26, 2026
🖋 The State of the Dexter
This week’s market saw three new listings, a decline from twenty listings recorded the previous week. The listings originated from two seller sites within a single country and consist solely of semen. All three listings provided pricing, yielding a median asking price of $75 per straw.
The United States supplied all three listings, with each offering a different sire: Avitus, Rowan, and Taylor’s Alpha A2A2 each appear once in the current inventory. No additional dates are noted on the calendar.
📈 The week in numbers
- 3 new listings found (−17 on the week before), from 2 seller sites in 1 countries
- The mix: 3 semen
- Median asking price among newly listed semen: $75 a straw (3 priced listings)
- Most active countries: 🇺🇸 USA (3)
- Sires most often offered: Avitus (1), Rowan (1), Taylor’S Alpha A2A2 (1)
🧬 New on the market
Rowan Semen — Irish Dexter Cattlemen — $45🇺🇸 USA · irishdextercattlemen.com · semen
Taylor’s Alpha A2A2 Semen — Sure Shot, LLC — $100🇺🇸 USA · sureshotcattle.com · semen
Avitus Semen — Sure Shot, LLC — $75🇺🇸 USA · sureshotcattle.com · semen
📚 From the learning center
Genetic defect testing: carriers, results and safe matingsMost inherited defects in cattle are recessive: a carrier looks perfectly normal. How testing works, how to read the results, and how to use a carrier animal without producing affected calves.
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