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Equity (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Sep. 27, 2014 | Dec. 15, 2014 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased |  |  | 30,100,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased |
TEU's issued (in units) | 30,000,000 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsIssuedDuringPeriodUnitsNewIssues |  |  |
TEU's Dividend Rate | 4.75%tsn_TangibleEquityUnitDividendRatePercentage |  |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Tangible Equity Units, Net | $ 1,454,000,000 tsn_ProceedsfromIssuanceofTangibleEquityUnitsNet |  |  |
TEUs, stated amount per unit (in dollars per unit) | $ 50 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsStatedAmountPerUnit |  |  |
TEUs, Equity Component | 1,295,000,000 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsCarryingAmountofEquityComponent |  |  |
TEUs, Debt Component | 205,000,000 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsCarryingAmountofDebtComponent |  | 192,000,000 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsCarryingAmountofDebtComponent |
TEUs, Debt Component, Current | 65,000,000 tsn_TangibleEquityUnitsCarryingAmountofDebtComponentCurrent |  |  |
Convertible Debt [Member] | Tangible Equity Unit, Senior Amortizing Note [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, initial principal amount | 6.83 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, interest rate | 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, quarterly principal and interest payment, first three annual quarters | 0.59 tsn_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentFirstThreeAnnualQuarters / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, quarterly principal and interest payment, fourth annual quarter | 0.46 tsn_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentFourthAnnualQuarter / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | 873,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, initial principal amount |  |  |  | $ 840,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
Class A [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid |  | $ 0.10 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |  |
Class A [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member] | Tangible Equity Unit, Senior Amortizing Note [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, conversion price |  |  | $ 47.22 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, number of shares per contract if applicable market value equal to or greater than conversion price |  |  | 1.0588 tsn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleNumberofEquityInstrumentsPerContractIfApplicableMarketValueEqualtoorGreaterThanConversionPrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, reference price |  |  | $ 37.78 tsn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleReferencePrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, if applicable market value greater than reference price, number of shares equal to aount divided by Applicable Market Value |  |  | $ 50 tsn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleIfApplicableMarketValueGreaterThanReferencePriceNumberofSharesEqualtoAmountDividedbyApplicableMarketValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, number of shares per contract, if Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to reference price |  |  | 1.3236 tsn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleNumberofEquityInstrumentsPerContractIfApplicableMarketValueLessthanorEqualtoReferencePrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, consecutive trading days for calculation of applicable market value |  |  | 20 days |
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Dividend Threshold Amount |  |  | $ 0.075 tsn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleDividendThresholdAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Senior amortizing note, incremental common shares attributable to dilutive effect of conversion, if applicable market value higher than reference price |  |  | 7,900,000 tsn_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributabletoDilutiveEffectofConversionofDebtSecuritiesIfApplicableMarketValueHigherThanReferencePrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Class A [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member] | Tangible Equity Unit, Senior Amortizing Note [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, number of shares to be issued |  |  | 31,800,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleNumberOfEquityInstruments / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Class A [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member] | Tangible Equity Unit, Senior Amortizing Note [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Senior amortizing note, number of shares to be issued |  |  | 39,700,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleNumberOfEquityInstruments / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsn_TangibleEquityUnitSeniorAmortizingNoteMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Class A [Member] | Hillshire Brands Company [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | 23,800,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |  |  |
Class A [Member] | Share Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program, Increase (Decrease) in Authorized Shares | 25,000,000 tsn_StockRepurchaseProgramIncreaseDecreaseInAuthorizedShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = tsn_ShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |  |  |

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