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Segment Reporting (Segment Reporting Information, By Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018 | Jul. 01, 2017 | Apr. 01, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Jul. 01, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | $ 10,051 | $ 9,850 |  |  | $ 30,053 |  | $ 28,115 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  | 802 | 697 |  |  | 2,227 |  | 2,250 |
Total other (income) expense |  | 79 | 80 | [1] |  | 239 |  | 202 | [1]
Income before income taxes |  | 723 | 617 |  |  | 1,988 |  | 2,048 |
San Diego Prepared Foods operation [Member] | Prepared Foods |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset Impairment Charges |  |  |  |  | $ 52 |  |  | 52 |
Operating Segments [Member] | Beef |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | 3,993 | 4,000 |  |  | 11,560 |  | 11,015 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  | 318 | 147 |  |  | 666 |  | 572 |
Operating Segments [Member] | Pork |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | 1,197 | 1,322 |  |  | 3,745 |  | 3,876 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  | 67 | 136 |  |  | 285 |  | 524 |
Operating Segments [Member] | Chicken |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | 2,973 | 2,870 |  |  | 8,929 |  | 8,374 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  | 189 | 294 | [2] |  | 692 |  | 790 | [2]
Operating Segments [Member] | Prepared Foods |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | 2,132 | 1,944 |  |  | 6,571 |  | 5,590 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  | 243 | 174 | [3] |  | 627 | [4] | 451 | [3]
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | 75 | 85 |  |  | 245 |  | 257 |
Operating Income (Loss) | [5] | (15) | (54) |  |  | (43) |  | (87) |
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs |  | 5 | 45 |  |  | 13 |  | 58 |
Intersegment Elimination [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | (319) | (371) |  |  | (997) |  | (997) |
Intersegment Elimination [Member] | Beef |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | (112) | (116) |  |  | (311) |  | (276) |
Intersegment Elimination [Member] | Pork |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | (188) | (235) |  |  | (620) |  | (685) |
Intersegment Elimination [Member] | Chicken |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | $ (19) | (20) |  |  | (66) |  | (36) |
Cost of Sales | San Diego Prepared Foods operation [Member] | Prepared Foods |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset Impairment Charges |  |  |  |  | $ 44 |  |  |  |
Cost of Sales | Non-Protein Business [Member] | Non-Protein Business [Member] | Prepared Foods |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset Impairment Charges, Net of (Gain) Loss on Disposition of Business |  |  |  |  |  | $ 79 |  |  |
AdvancePierre [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Chicken |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Inventory |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 4 |
AdvancePierre [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Prepared Foods |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Inventory |  |  | 21 |  |  |  |  | 21 |
Bridge Loan [Member] | AdvancePierre [Member] | Other income/expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  |  | $ 18 |  |  |  |  | $ 18 |
[1] | Total other (income) expense includes $18 million of acquisition bridge financing fees for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.
[2] | Includes $4 million AdvancePierre purchase accounting and acquisition related costs for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.
[3] | 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 10: Other Income and Charges) for the nine months ended July 1, 2017.
[4] | Includes a $79 million impairment net of a realized gain associated with the divestiture of non-protein businesses for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 (see Note 2: Acquisitions and Dispositions).
[5] | Other operating loss includes third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead of Tyson New Ventures, LLC of $5 million and $45 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, and July 1, 2017, respectively, and $13 million and $58 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2018, and July 1, 2017, respectively.

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