Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

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Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss). International/Other primarily includes our foreign operations in China, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC.

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 specialty products such as hides, rendered products 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 specialty 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 specialty 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, convenience stores, 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®, as well as artisanal brands Aidells® and Gallo Salame®. 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, flour and corn tortilla products, 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, convenience stores, 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 International/Other. Intersegment sales transactions, which were at market prices, are included in the segment sales in the table below.

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended
	December 28, 2024		December 30, 2023
Sales:
Beef	$	5,335	$	5,023
Pork	1,617		1,517
Chicken	4,065		4,033
Prepared Foods	2,473		2,543
International/Other	584		582
Intersegment	(451)		(379)
Total Sales	$	13,623	$	13,319


	Three Months Ended
	December 28, 2024		December 30, 2023
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(64)	$	(206)
Pork(b)	59		39
Chicken(c)	351		177
Prepared Foods(d)	209		243
International/Other(e)	25		(22)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	580		231

Total Other (Income) Expense	102		70

Income before Income Taxes	$	478	$	161

(a) Beef segment results for the three months ended December 28, 2024 included $32 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Beef segment results for the three months ended December 30, 2023 included $40 million of costs related to plant closures and disposals and a $45 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(b) Pork segment results for the three months ended December 30, 2023 included a $28 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(c) Chicken segment results for the three months ended December 28, 2024 included $6 million of brand discontinuation charges, recognized in Selling, General and Administrative. Additionally, Chicken segment results for the three months ended December 28, 2024 included network optimization plan charges of $9 million and $2 million, recognized in Cost of Sales and Selling, General and Administrative, respectively. Chicken segment results for the three months ended December 30, 2023 included insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, of $24 million and costs related to plant closures and disposals of $35 million, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(d) Prepared Foods segment results for the three months ended December 28, 2024 included $25 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Prepared Foods segment results for the three months ended December 30, 2023 included restructuring and related charges of $1 million and $20 million, recognized in Cost of Sales and Selling, General and Administrative, respectively.

(e) International/Other results for the three months ended December 28, 2024 included $5 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the three months ended December 30, 2023 included $26 million of costs related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and subsequent decision to sell, recognized in Cost of Sales.

The following tables further disaggregate our sales to customers by major distribution channels (in millions):


	Three months ended December 28, 2024
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,657	$	1,366	$	655	$	549	$	5,227	$	108	$	5,335
Pork	553		126		331		285		1,295		322		1,617
Chicken	1,658		1,652		269		465		4,044		21		4,065
Prepared Foods	1,472		894		57		50		2,473		—		2,473
International/Other	—		—		584		—		584		—		584
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(451)		(451)
Total	$	6,340	$	4,038	$	1,896	$	1,349	$	13,623	$	—	$	13,623


	Three months ended December 30, 2023
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,397	$	1,315	$	632	$	578	$	4,922	$	101	$	5,023
Pork	483		117		353		305		1,258		259		1,517
Chicken	1,713		1,607		217		477		4,014		19		4,033
Prepared Foods	1,488		961		59		35		2,543		—		2,543
International/Other	—		—		582		—		582		—		582
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(379)		(379)
Total	$	6,081	$	4,000	$	1,843	$	1,395	$	13,319	$	—	$	13,319

(a) Includes external sales to consumer products and food retailers, such as grocery retailers, warehouse club stores and internet-based retailers.

(b) Includes external sales to foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities and the military.

(c) Includes external sales to international markets for internationally produced products or export sales of domestically produced products.

(d) Includes external sales to industrial food processing companies that further process our product to sell to end consumers and any remaining sales not included in the Retail, Foodservice or International categories.