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Merino lambs crowd the sale yards under a steel-framed shelter, their woolly backs gleaming in the soft morning light of the Riverina region. Clustered tightly within metal livestock pens, the young sheep display the characteristic dense, fine fleece that defines Australia's premier wool-producing breed. Stockmen in blue work shirts and wide-brimmed hats move deliberately between the pens, their practiced movements speaking to generations of agricultural expertise. The dusty, structured environment of the sale yard captures a quintessential moment in the Australian sheep industry - where economics, animal husbandry, and rural tradition converge. Bright orange ear tags punctuate the neutral tones of the sheep's fleece, each a practical identifier in this systematic agricultural process. The scene pulses with a quiet intensity - a carefully choreographed agricultural ballet where each lamb represents both economic potential and the culmination of careful breeding and management.