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Segment Reporting (Segment Reporting Information, By Segment) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2025
Jun. 29, 2024
Jun. 28, 2025
Jun. 29, 2024
Sep. 28, 2024
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues $ 13,884 $ 13,353 $ 40,581 $ 39,744  
Operating Income (Loss) 260 341 940 884  
Total Other (Income) Expense 67 88 239 267  
Income before income taxes 193 253 701 617  
Loss Contingency Accrual 431   431   $ 349
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Goodwill, Impairment Loss 343 0 $ 343 0  
Segment Reporting Information, By Segment    
Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions): 
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
June 28, 2025June 29, 2024June 28, 2025June 29, 2024
Sales:
Beef$5,603 $5,241 $16,134 $15,218 
Pork1,506 1,462 4,367 4,465 
Chicken4,220 4,076 12,426 12,174 
Prepared Foods2,515 2,432 7,384 7,379 
International/Other557 582 1,707 1,744 
Intersegment(517)(440)(1,437)(1,236)
Total Sales$13,884 $13,353 $40,581 $39,744 
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
June 28, 2025June 29, 2024June 28, 2025June 29, 2024
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)
$(494)$(69)$(816)$(310)
Pork(b)
36 (62)(100)(24)
Chicken(c)
367 244 980 579 
Prepared Foods(d)
302 203 755 676 
International/Other(e)
49 25 121 (37)
Total Operating Income (Loss)260 341 940 884 
Total Other (Income) Expense67 88 239 267 
Income before Income Taxes$193 $253 $701 $617 
(a) Beef segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $343 million of goodwill impairment. Additionally, Beef segment results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included a $93 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales and $48 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Beef segment results for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $41 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 nine months ended June 28, 2025 included a $250 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales. Pork segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $39 million and $73 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures and disposals, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Pork segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $45 million and $73 million, respectively, related to the recognition of legal contingency accruals, of which the amount recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was a reduction to Sales and the remainder was recognized in Cost of Sales.
(c) Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $5 million and $17 million, respectively, of brand discontinuation charges, recognized in Selling, General and Administrative, and network optimization plan income, net of charges, of $27 million, and network optimization plan charges, net of income, of $5 million, respectively, primarily recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included costs related to plant closures and disposals of $23 million, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $2 million and $41 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures and disposals and $5 million of production facility fire costs incurred, net of insurance proceeds, and $19 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, respectively, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included a $56 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Costs of Sales.
(d) Prepared Foods segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $56 million and $31 million, respectively, in network optimization plan income, net of charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Prepared Foods segment results for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 included restructuring and related charges of $24 million, primarily recognized in Selling, General and Administrative.
(e) International/Other results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $14 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs, related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and subsequent decision to sell and $6 million in proceeds related to a China plant relocation remuneration, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $11 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $3 million and $83 million, respectively, of costs, net of insurance proceeds, related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and subsequent decision to sell, recognized in Cost of Sales.
    
Segment Reporting     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 EndedNine Months Ended
June 28, 2025June 29, 2024June 28, 2025June 29, 2024
Sales:
Beef$5,603 $5,241 $16,134 $15,218 
Pork1,506 1,462 4,367 4,465 
Chicken4,220 4,076 12,426 12,174 
Prepared Foods2,515 2,432 7,384 7,379 
International/Other557 582 1,707 1,744 
Intersegment(517)(440)(1,437)(1,236)
Total Sales$13,884 $13,353 $40,581 $39,744 
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
June 28, 2025June 29, 2024June 28, 2025June 29, 2024
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)
$(494)$(69)$(816)$(310)
Pork(b)
36 (62)(100)(24)
Chicken(c)
367 244 980 579 
Prepared Foods(d)
302 203 755 676 
International/Other(e)
49 25 121 (37)
Total Operating Income (Loss)260 341 940 884 
Total Other (Income) Expense67 88 239 267 
Income before Income Taxes$193 $253 $701 $617 
(a) Beef segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $343 million of goodwill impairment. Additionally, Beef segment results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included a $93 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales and $48 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Beef segment results for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $41 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 nine months ended June 28, 2025 included a $250 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales. Pork segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $39 million and $73 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures and disposals, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Pork segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $45 million and $73 million, respectively, related to the recognition of legal contingency accruals, of which the amount recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was a reduction to Sales and the remainder was recognized in Cost of Sales.
(c) Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $5 million and $17 million, respectively, of brand discontinuation charges, recognized in Selling, General and Administrative, and network optimization plan income, net of charges, of $27 million, and network optimization plan charges, net of income, of $5 million, respectively, primarily recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included costs related to plant closures and disposals of $23 million, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $2 million and $41 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures and disposals and $5 million of production facility fire costs incurred, net of insurance proceeds, and $19 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, respectively, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included a $56 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Costs of Sales.
(d) Prepared Foods segment results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $56 million and $31 million, respectively, in network optimization plan income, net of charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Prepared Foods segment results for the nine months ended June 29, 2024 included restructuring and related charges of $24 million, primarily recognized in Selling, General and Administrative.
(e) International/Other results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $14 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs, related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and subsequent decision to sell and $6 million in proceeds related to a China plant relocation remuneration, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the nine months ended June 28, 2025 included $11 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $3 million and $83 million, respectively, of costs, net of insurance proceeds, 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 June 28, 2025
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
Total External CustomersIntersegmentTotal
Beef$2,786 $1,508 $529 $642 $5,465 $138 $5,603 
Pork453 152 274 274 1,153 353 1,506 
Chicken1,698 1,698 277 521 4,194 26 4,220 
Prepared Foods1,457 914 70 74 2,515 — 2,515 
International/Other— — 557 — 557 — 557 
Intersegment— — — — — (517)(517)
Total$6,394 $4,272 $1,707 $1,511 $13,884 $— $13,884 
Three months ended June 29, 2024
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
Total External CustomersIntersegmentTotal
Beef$2,566 $1,318 $707 $541 $5,132 $109 $5,241 
Pork464 141 322 228 1,155 307 1,462 
Chicken1,720 1,567 256 509 4,052 24 4,076 
Prepared Foods1,434 876 58 64 2,432 — 2,432 
International/Other— — 582 — 582 — 582 
Intersegment— — — — — (440)(440)
Total$6,184 $3,902 $1,925 $1,342 $13,353 $— $13,353 
Nine months ended June 28, 2025
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
Total External CustomersIntersegmentTotal
Beef$8,090 $4,215 $1,774 $1,697 $15,776 $358 $16,134 
Pork1,449 404 921 589 3,363 1,004 4,367 
Chicken5,142 4,911 816 1,482 12,351 75 12,426 
Prepared Foods4,356 2,665 180 183 7,384 — 7,384 
International/Other— — 1,707 — 1,707 — 1,707 
Intersegment— — — — — (1,437)(1,437)
Total$19,037 $12,195 $5,398 $3,951 $40,581 $— $40,581 
Nine months ended June 29, 2024
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
Total External CustomersIntersegmentTotal
Beef$7,330 $3,920 $2,001 $1,668 $14,919 $299 $15,218 
Pork1,374 379 1,050 797 3,600 865 4,465 
Chicken5,188 4,782 698 1,434 12,102 72 12,174 
Prepared Foods4,336 2,733 168 142 7,379 — 7,379 
International/Other— — 1,744 — 1,744 — 1,744 
Intersegment— — — — — (1,236)(1,236)
Total$18,228 $11,814 $5,661 $4,041 $39,744 $— $39,744 
(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. Additionally, during the nine months ended June 28, 2025, Beef and Pork segments included a $93 million and $250 million reduction in Other, respectively, due to the recognition of legal contingency accruals. For the nine months ended June 29, 2024, the Pork segment included a $45 million reduction in Other due to the recognition of a legal contingency accrual.
    
Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost (24)   $ (33)    
Broiler Antitrust Civil Litigation [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency Accrual 64   64   $ 86
Payments for Legal Settlements     22 92  
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Payments for Legal Settlements     22 92  
Pork [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] 1,153 1,155 3,363 3,600  
Pork [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     0    
Pork [Member] | Retail          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 453 464 1,449 1,374  
Pork [Member] | Foodservice          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 152 141 404 379  
Pork [Member] | International          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 274 322 921 1,050  
Pork [Member] | Industrial and Other          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 274 228 589 797  
Pork [Member] | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 353 307 1,004 865  
Beef [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] 5,465 5,132 15,776 14,919  
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Goodwill, Impairment Loss 343   343    
Beef [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     (48)    
Beef [Member] | Retail          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 2,786 2,566 8,090 7,330  
Beef [Member] | Foodservice          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 1,508 1,318 4,215 3,920  
Beef [Member] | International          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 529 707 1,774 2,001  
Beef [Member] | Industrial and Other          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 642 541 1,697 1,668  
Beef [Member] | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 138 109 358 299  
Chicken [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] 4,194 4,052 12,351 12,102  
Chicken [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     (5)    
Chicken [Member] | Retail          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 1,698 1,720 5,142 5,188  
Chicken [Member] | Foodservice          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 1,698 1,567 4,911 4,782  
Chicken [Member] | International          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 277 256 816 698  
Chicken [Member] | Industrial and Other          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 521 509 1,482 1,434  
Chicken [Member] | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 26 24 75 72  
Prepared Foods [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] 2,515 2,432 7,384 7,379  
Prepared Foods [Member] | 2022 Program          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost       (24)  
Prepared Foods [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     31    
Prepared Foods [Member] | Retail          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 1,457 1,434 4,356 4,336  
Prepared Foods [Member] | Foodservice          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 914 876 2,665 2,733  
Prepared Foods [Member] | International          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 70 58 180 168  
Prepared Foods [Member] | Industrial and Other          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 74 64 183 142  
Prepared Foods [Member] | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 0 0 0 0  
Corporate and Other [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] 557 582 1,707 1,744  
Corporate and Other [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     (11)    
Corporate and Other [Member] | Retail          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 0 0 0 0  
Corporate and Other [Member] | Foodservice          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 0 0 0 0  
Corporate and Other [Member] | International          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 557 582 1,707 1,744  
Corporate and Other [Member] | Industrial and Other          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 0 0 0 0  
Corporate and Other [Member] | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 0 0 0 0  
Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (517) (440) (1,437) (1,236)  
Intersegment Revenues | Intersegment Revenues          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues (517) (440) (1,437)    
Operating Segments [Member] | Pork [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 1,506 1,462 4,367 4,465  
Operating Income (Loss) 36 (62) (100) (24)  
Operating Segments [Member] | Beef [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 5,603 5,241 16,134 15,218  
Operating Income (Loss) (494) (69) (816) (310)  
Operating Segments [Member] | Chicken [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 4,220 4,076 12,426 12,174  
Operating Income (Loss) 367 244 980 579  
Operating Segments [Member] | Prepared Foods [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 2,515 2,432 7,384 7,379  
Operating Income (Loss) 302 203 755 676  
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | Corporate and Other [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Revenues 557 582 1,707 1,744  
Operating Income (Loss) 49 25 121 (37)  
Cost of Sales          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Business Exit Costs   41 23 155  
Cost of Sales | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 83   (31)    
Cost of Sales | Pork [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period       73  
Business Exit Costs   39   73  
Cost of Sales | Pork [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 0   0    
Cost of Sales | Beef [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period       45  
Business Exit Costs       41  
Cost of Sales | Beef [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 0   (48)    
Cost of Sales | Chicken [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period   56   56  
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Insurance Proceeds   5   19  
Business Exit Costs   2 23 41  
Cost of Sales | Chicken [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 27   (3)    
Cost of Sales | Prepared Foods [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 56   31    
Cost of Sales | Corporate and Other [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Insurance Proceeds 14   14    
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds   3   83  
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Plant Relocation Remuneration     6    
Cost of Sales | Corporate and Other [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost 0   (11)    
Sales | Pork [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period   $ 45 250 $ 45  
Sales | Beef [Member]          
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period     93    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     (2)    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Pork [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     0    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Beef [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     0    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Chicken [Member]          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Brand Discontinuation Charges $ 5   17    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Chicken [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     (2)    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Prepared Foods [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     0    
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | Corporate and Other [Member] | Network Optimization Plan          
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]          
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost     $ 0