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Merino sheep crowd the concrete-floored sale yards of a regional livestock auction, packed tightly between steel-railed pens under a corrugated iron shelter. Farmers and stock agents in wide-brimmed akubra hats, blue work shirts, and denim jeans move purposefully through the pens, assessing the woolly mob with practiced eyes. A person in a bright high-visibility vest stands among the sea of sheep, signaling the rhythmic flow of the auction process. The flock represents a typical Riverina Region agricultural scene - dense with cream and grey-fleeced Merino rams and ewes, their woolly backs creating a textural landscape of potential and economic promise. Overhead, numbered pens track the systematic organization of the sale, while the subdued palette of working attire contrasts with the varied tones of the sheep. The scene pulses with a quiet, professional energy - a quintessential moment of Australian agricultural commerce where generations of farming knowledge converge in the careful assessment of livestock.