Related party ownership percentage.

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Related Party Transaction, Number of Operating Leases

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Related party voting rights percentage.

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- Definition

The cash outflow for acquisition of land for use; excludes purchases of land held as inventory or as investments.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares issued which are neither cancelled nor held in the treasury.

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Transactions With Related Parties (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($) lease shares	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)
Tyson Limited Partnership [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares, Outstanding \| shares	6.0
Tyson Limited Partnership [Member] \| Class B [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage	99.985%
Shares, Outstanding \| shares	70.0
JHT, LLC [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Land Held-for-use \| $			$ 0.5
Tyson Limited Partnership And Tyson Family [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Voting Rights Percentage	71.18%
Tyson Limited Partnership And Tyson Family [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage	2.06%
Water Plant [Member] \| John Tyson, certain members of the Tyson family, the Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust and the Randal W. Tyson Testamentary Trust [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Number of Leases \| lease	2
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction \| $	$ 1.0	$ 1.0	$ 1.0
Water Plant [Member] \| Tyson Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage	90.00%
Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust [Member] \| Board of Directors Chairman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage	50.00%
Randal W. Tyson Testamentary Trust [Member] [Member] \| Board of Directors Chairman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tyson Family Ownership Percentage	50.00%