Memorial Highway Construction
The City of Mandan is working on Memorial Highway (“The Strip”), affecting traffic to Kist Livestock for the summer of 2025.
Rather than coming north or south on The Strip, please use McKenzie Drive to 40th Avenue SE to get to the entrance of Kist Livestock Auction.
I-94 – Coming from the North (Two Options)
- Take the 46th Ave. SE exit on I-94. Cross Memorial Highway to McKenzie Drive SE and turn right (west) over to 40th Ave SE. Turn right (north) again and follow to the Kist Livestock entrance.
- Take the 1-94 exit to the I-94 Business Loop towards Bismarck. Exit before crossing the Missouri River at the McKenzie Drive exit. Turn right on McKenzie Drive over to 40th Ave SE. Turn right (north) again and follow to the Kist Livestock entrance.
I-94 Business Loop – Coming from the South
- After crossing the Missouri River, take the McKenzie Drive exit. Turn left (west) on McKenzie Drive over to 40th Ave SE. Turn right (north) again and follow to the Kist Livestock entrance.
Since 1942
When Fred Kist Sr. leased the Morton county fairgrounds in 1942 to begin a tiny livestock auction, he probably had no idea it would grow to become a sprawling, modernized business that currently employees some 40 people.
The livestock business was located in South Mandan until 1956, when it relocated, moving to “The Strip” on Memorial Highway in Eastern Mandan. When the pavilion was officially opened 69 years ago, wire cutters were used to snip the barbed wire encircling the pavilion instead of the traditional scissors and ribbon. Since making the move, Kist has constructed a new roof over a portion of its yards, added a drive-thru chute for stock trailers, offers a free truck wash, implemented new vet facilities and installed a computerized ring scale.
Today, Kist Livestock, owned and operated by Bill & Jerry Kist, is one of the largest livestock auction markets in North Dakota selling over7 million cattle since 1956.
In June of 2006, Kist Livestock Auction was awarded “The Granite Award” by the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber and the Excellence in Business committee, for being a cornerstone of the Mandan and regional economy since 1942.
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