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Stockmen gather in the soft morning light of a regional livestock sale yard, perched methodically along steel railings overlooking a pen of prime black Angus cattle. Wearing crisp button-up shirts in sage green, sky blue, and denim, each agent surveys the herd with practiced eyes, clipboards and pens at the ready. The sandy arena reflects the warm tones of their wide-brimmed agricultural hats, creating a tableau of rural commerce that speaks to generations of pastoral trading in the New England and Riverina regions of New South Wales. Dark, muscular beef cattle cluster below, their glossy coats catching the early sunlight, waiting to be assessed and traded in this choreographed ritual of agricultural economics. The neat rows of uniformed stockmen represent a cross-section of rural professional expertise - each a silent expert reading the subtle qualities of livestock that will determine market value. This scene captures the understated precision of Australian cattle trading, where decades of knowledge converge in a single moment of collective professional judgment.