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Acquisitions and Dispositions Acquisition Pro Forma information (Details) (Hillshire Brands Company [Member], USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014
Hillshire Brands Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma sales	$ 9,970us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember	$ 19,787us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
Pro forma net income from continuing operations attributable to Tyson	$ 223us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeChangesInAccountingAndExtraordinaryItemsNetOfTax / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember	$ 561us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeChangesInAccountingAndExtraordinaryItemsNetOfTax / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember
Pro Forma net income per diluted share from continuing operations attributable to Tyson	$ 0.53us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember	$ 1.34us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember

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The pro forma diluted net income per share for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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