SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, 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.

On June 7, 2017, we acquired AdvancePierre, a producer and distributor of value-added, convenient, ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components and other entrées and snacks. AdvancePierre's results from operations subsequent to the acquisition closing are included in the Prepared Foods and Chicken segments.

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.

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. Our value-added chicken products primarily include breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts. 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.

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 ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components such as flame-grilled hamburgers and Philly steaks, 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								Nine Months Ended
	July 1, 2017				July 2, 2016				July 1, 2017				July 2, 2016
Sales:
Beef	$	4,000			$	3,783			$	11,015			$	11,036
Pork	1,322				1,271				3,876				3,674
Chicken	2,870				2,743				8,374				8,116
Prepared Foods	1,944				1,809				5,590				5,509
Other	85				99				257				284
Intersegment sales	(371		)		(302		)		(997		)		(894		)
Total sales	$	9,850			$	9,403			$	28,115			$	27,725

Operating income (loss):
Beef	$	147			$	91			$	572			$	208
Pork	136				122				524				420
Chicken	294			^(a)	380				790			^(a)	1,085
Prepared Foods	174			^(b)	197				451			^(b)	601
Other	(54		)	^(c)	(23		)	^(c)	(87		)	^(c)	(67		)	^(c)
Total operating income	697				767				2,250				2,247

Total other (income) expense	80			^(d)	56				202			^(d)	180

Income before income taxes	$	617			$	711			$	2,048			$	2,067

(a) Chicken operating income includes $4 million AdvancePierre purchase accounting for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.

(b) Prepared Foods operating income includes $21 million AdvancePierre purchase accounting and acquisition related costs

for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017 and a $52 million impairment charge related to our San Diego Prepared Foods operation (see Note 9: Other Income and Charges) for the nine months ended July 1, 2017.

(c) Other operating loss includes third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead of Tyson New Ventures, LLC of $45 million and $11 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017, and July 2, 2016, respectively, and $58 million and $29 million for the nine months ended July 1, 2017, and July 2, 2016, respectively. Third-party merger and integration costs includes $34 million of AdvancePierre acquisition related costs for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.

(d) Total other (income) expense includes $18 million of acquisition bridge financing fees for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.

The Beef segment had sales of $116 million and $90 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, and sales of $276 million and $240 million in the nine months of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Pork segment had sales of $235 million and $204 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, and sales of $685 million and $639 million in the nine months of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Chicken segment had sales of $20 million and $8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, and sales of $36 million and $15 million in the nine months 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.