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July 20, 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 13 – July 20, 2026

🖋 The State of the Dexter

Cows have been brought in to help restore Oxfordshire’s rarest habitat, a unique project to bring livestock into one of the county’s most protected sites. The livestock work to move seed and control invasive species, providing a new grazing dynamic for local flora.

The first round of listings tracked by the Roundup platform shows 253 new inventory items across 14 seller sites in five countries. The catalogue contains 207 semen and 46 embryo listings, with a median asking price of $65 per semen straw from 173 priced entries, and $454 per embryo from eight priced entries. In terms of activity, the United States leads with 206 listings, followed by Canada (22), the United Kingdom (12) and Australia (11). The most frequently offered sires are Belle Fourche Mr. Right and Mrald Overture each with seven listings, Belle Fourche Guido with five, Ballyloughan Chevalier with four, and Belle Fourche Amorette with four.

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📈 The week in numbers
  • 253 new listings found, from 14 seller sites in 5 countries
  • The mix: 207 semen, 46 embryo
  • Median asking price among newly listed semen: $65 a straw (173 priced listings)
  • Median asking price among newly listed embryos: $454 (8 priced listings)
  • Most active countries: 🇺🇸 USA (206), 🇨🇦 Canada (22), 🇬🇧 UK (12), 🇦🇺 Australia (11)
  • Sires most often offered: Belle Fourche Mr. Right (7), Mrald Overture (7), Belle Fourche Guido (5), Ballyloughan Chevalier (4), Belle Fourche Amorette (4)
🧬 New on the market
Dexter Cattle Semen — Maple Ridge Farm — 500 CAD
🇨🇦 Canada · mapleridge-farm.com · semen
Dexter Embryo Embryos — $350
🇺🇸 USA · dextermarketplace.com · embryo
Belle Fourche Amorette Embryos — Belle Fourche Farm — 559 $
🇺🇸 USA · dexters4u.com · embryo
RdoubleD Schmoozer Semen — Songwood Haven Farm — $90
🇺🇸 USA · songwoodhavenfarm.com · semen
SGF SSEA Trapper - John Potter Bloodline Semen — SGF SSEA Trapper — 35 US
🇺🇸 USA · dextermarketplace.com · semen
📚 From the learning center
Genetic defect testing: carriers, results and safe matings
Most 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.
6-minute read

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