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Dispositions (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Dispositions (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 24, 2017	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges				$ 214	$ 45	$ 285
Proceeds from sale of businesses				0	0	539
Gain on disposition of Business				$ 0	$ 0	$ 177
2.75% Senior notes due September 2015 [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		2.75%				2.75%
Operating Segments [Member] \| Beef [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		$ 12
Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		59
Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		49
Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		10
Non-Protein Business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 45
Non-Protein Business [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Businesses								3
Non-Protein Business [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 45
Non-Protein Business [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Consideration							$ 125
Chicken Production Operations in Brazil and Mexico [Member] \| Segment Reconciling Items [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Consideration									$ 575
Chicken Production Operations in Brazil [Member] \| Segment Reconciling Items [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of businesses			$ 148
Chicken Production Operations in Mexico [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of Business		161
Chicken Production Operations in Mexico [Member] \| Segment Reconciling Items [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of businesses		$ 374