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. On November 10, 2017, we acquired a value-added protein business. The results from operations subsequent to the acquisition closings are included in the Prepared Foods and Chicken segments. On June 4, 2018, we acquired Tecumseh Poultry, LLC, a vertically integrated value-added protein business and its results, subsequent to the acquisition closing date, are included in the Chicken segment.

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, 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
	June 30, 2018				July 1, 2017				June 30, 2018				July 1, 2017
Sales:
Beef	$	3,993			$	4,000			$	11,560			$	11,015
Pork	1,197				1,322				3,745				3,876
Chicken	2,973				2,870				8,929				8,374
Prepared Foods	2,132				1,944				6,571				5,590
Other	75				85				245				257
Intersegment sales	(319		)		(371		)		(997		)		(997		)
Total sales	$	10,051			$	9,850			$	30,053			$	28,115

Operating income (loss):
Beef	$	318			$	147			$	666			$	572
Pork	67				136				285				524
Chicken	189				294			^(a)	692				790			^(a)
Prepared Foods	243				174			^(b)	627			^(c)	451			^(b)
Other	(15		)	^(d)	(54		)	^(d)	(43		)	^(d)	(87		)	^(d)
Total operating income	802				697				2,227				2,250

Total other (income) expense	79				80			^(e)	239				202			^(e)

Income before income taxes	$	723			$	617			$	1,988			$	2,048

(a) Includes $4 million AdvancePierre purchase accounting and acquisition related costs for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017.

(b) 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.

(c) 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).

(d) 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.

(e) 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 $112 million and $116 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, and sales of $311 million and $276 million in the nine months of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Pork segment had sales of $188 million and $235 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, and sales of $620 million and $685 million in the nine months of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Chicken segment had sales of $19 million and $20 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, and sales of $66 million and $36 million in the nine months of fiscal 2018 and 2017, 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.