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Merino ewes fill the sale yard, their dense, cream-colored fleece catching the golden light of early morning in the Riverina. A stockman stands steadily among the tightly packed livestock, his weathered blue workshirt and wide-brimmed hat marking him as an experienced agricultural professional overseeing the auction. Steel pens stretch across the covered yard, creating geometric lines that contrast with the organic mass of woolly bodies, each sheep positioned carefully within the metal barriers. The scene pulses with quiet intensity - animals shifting and breathing, dust motes dancing in shafts of sunlight, the implicit rhythm of agricultural commerce playing out in this quintessential Australian livestock exchange. Overhead shade structures filter the light, creating a soft, diffused atmosphere that highlights the textural richness of the sheep's fleece and the stoic presence of the handler. This image captures a moment of pastoral productivity, where generations of agricultural practice converge in a single, powerful tableau of rural enterprise.