Name: Patrick K. Goggins

Year Inducted: 1998

Hometown: Billings, Mont.

Birthday: May 28, 1930

Business Name: Public Auction Yard in Billings, Mont.; Great Falls Livestock Au

Auctioneer Since: 1950

Specialty: pedigree livestock

Most Expensive Item Sold: Ranch for $4,900,000.

Most Unusual Item Sold: He had a consignment to auction 61 head of yak. He only auctioned one of them for $95.

Inspiration: He started out working the livestock auction ring and began auctioneering because he liked to sing and he liked the competiveness of the auctions. He is a great believer of the auction method of marketing.

Something Others Might Not Know: He never went to auction school.

Auction Mishaps: In 1958, during a cold day in Montana, he conducted a livestock auction. The bull that was up for auction went through the sale block where he was standing and knocked him over and took out the sound system. He conducted the rest of the auction without the sound equipment.

Family: Wife, Florence "Babe." Married for 60 years. Six children, 16 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.