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Segment Reporting
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting
SEGMENT REPORTING
We operate in four reportable segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork, and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss). Other primarily includes our foreign chicken production operations in China and India, third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC.
Chicken: Chicken includes our domestic operations related to raising and processing live chickens into, and purchasing raw materials for, fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products, as well as sales from allied products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes logistics operations to move products through our domestic supply chain and the global operations of our chicken breeding stock subsidiary.
Beef: Beef includes our operations related to processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.
Pork: Pork includes our operations related to processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes our live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.
Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods includes our operations related to manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. This segment includes brands such as Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, State Fair®, Van's®, Sara Lee® and Chef Pierre®, as well as artisanal brands Aidells®, Gallo Salame®, and Golden Island®. Products primarily include pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, pizza crusts and toppings, flour and corn tortilla products, desserts, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets.
We allocate expenses related to corporate activities to the segments, except for third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC, which are included in Other.
Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions): 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
January 2, 2016
 
Sales:
 
 
 
 
Chicken
$
2,706

 
$
2,636

 
Beef
3,528

 
3,614

 
Pork
1,252

 
1,213

 
Prepared Foods
1,895

 
1,896

 
Other
90

 
99

 
Intersegment sales
(289
)
 
(306
)
 
Total sales
$
9,182

 
$
9,152

 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss):
 
 
 
 
Chicken
$
263

 
$
358

 
Beef
299

 
71

 
Pork
247

 
158

 
Prepared Foods
190

 
207

 
Other
(17
)
(a) 
(18
)
(a) 
Total operating income
982

 
776

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total other (income) expense
70


64

 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
$
912

 
$
712

 

(a) Other includes third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead of Tyson New Ventures, LLC of $7 million and $5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, and January 2, 2016, respectively.
The Chicken segment had sales of $7 million and $3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Beef segment had sales of $72 million in both the first quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Pork segment had sales of $210 million and $231 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The aforementioned sales from intersegment transactions, which were at market prices, were included in the segment sales in the above table.