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September 7, 2026

The State of the Murray Grey Weekly — MurrayGreyTank

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

Week of August 31 – September 7, 2026

🖋 The State of the Murray Grey

This week the marketplace saw 113 new listings across 12 seller sites in four countries, more than doubling the 64 listings in the previous week.

The catalogue consists of 91 semen and 22 embryo offerings. Median asking price for semen is $38 (based on 65 priced listings) and for embryos $450 (based on 18 priced listings). Australia contributes 56 listings, followed by the UK with 31, the USA with 23, and New Zealand with 3. Listing counts from Australia, the UK, the USA, and New Zealand illustrate wide geographic participation.

The most frequently offered sire is Murray Grey Stud (Various) with 7 listings, followed by Maneroo Fulton The 2Nd and Maneroo Fulton The 6Th with 3 each, and Ampertaine Volvo and Beautry Talisman (Pp) with 2 each.

📈 The week in numbers
  • 113 new listings found (+49 on the week before), from 12 seller sites in 4 countries
  • The mix: 91 semen, 22 embryo
  • Median asking price among newly listed semen: $38 a straw (65 priced listings)
  • Median asking price among newly listed embryos: $450 (18 priced listings)
  • Most active countries: 🇦🇺 Australia (56), 🇬🇧 UK (31), 🇺🇸 USA (23), 🇳🇿 New Zealand (3)
  • Sires most often offered: Murray Grey Stud (Various) (7), Maneroo Fulton The 2Nd (3), Maneroo Fulton The 6Th (3), Ampertaine Volvo (2), Beautry Talisman (Pp) (2)
🧬 New on the market
Murray Grey Embryos — Tyndale Farm Vets — £800
🇬🇧 UK · tyndalevets.co.uk · embryo
MILL-RIDGE MF GENTLEMAN-ET S1F Semen — LIC.co.nz — $377
🇳🇿 New Zealand · lic.co.nz · semen
52 STRAWS Mixture of different semen straws Semen — Ross Reid — 1,000 AUD
🇦🇺 Australia · murraygrey.com.au · semen
Murray Grey Embryos — Murray Grey Cows — $450
🇺🇸 USA · murraygreycows.com · embryo
Murray Grey Embryos — Tyndale Farm Vets — £600
🇬🇧 UK · tyndalevets.co.uk · embryo
📚 From the learning center
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6-minute read

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


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