Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information, By Segment

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

	Beef		Pork		Chicken		Prepared Foods		International/Other		Intersegment Sales		Consolidated
Fiscal 2020
Sales	$	15,742	$	5,128	$	13,234	$	8,532	$	1,856	$	(1,307)	$	43,185
Operating Income (Loss)	1,580		565		122		743		(2)				3,008
Total Other (Income) Expense													344
Income before Income Taxes													2,664
Depreciation and amortization	106		56		553		398		65				1,178
Total Assets	3,223		1,516		11,028		14,883		3,806				34,456
Additions to property, plant and equipment	219		117		577		211		75				1,199
Fiscal 2019
Sales	$	15,828	$	4,932	$	13,300	$	8,418	$	1,289	$	(1,362)	$	42,405
Operating Income (Loss)	1,050		263		621		843		(7)				2,770
Total Other (Income) Expense													396
Income before Income Taxes													2,374
Depreciation and amortization	97		47		513		397		32				1,086
Total Assets	2,958		1,372		10,807		15,138		2,643				32,918
Additions to property, plant and equipment	133		128		637		246		115				1,259
Fiscal 2018
Sales	$	15,473	$	4,879	$	12,044	$	8,668	$	305	$	(1,317)	$	40,052
Operating Income (Loss)	950		361		866		845		(53)				2,969
Total Other (Income) Expense													287
Income before Income Taxes													2,682
Depreciation and amortization	103		42		368		410		10				933
Total Assets	2,939		1,265		8,794		15,063		926				28,987
Additions to property, plant and equipment	107		150		570		228		145				1,200

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

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

	Twelve months ended October 3, 2020
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	8,155	$	3,669	$	2,183	$	1,345	$	390	$	15,742
Pork	1,590		403		1,026		1,244		865		5,128
Chicken	5,935		4,892		642		1,713		52		13,234
Prepared Foods	5,137		3,090		126		179		—		8,532
International/Other	—		—		1,856		—		—		1,856
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(1,307)		(1,307)
Total	$	20,817	$	12,054	$	5,833	$	4,481	$	—	$	43,185

	Twelve months ended September 28, 2019
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	7,420	$	4,151	$	2,426	$	1,420	$	411	$	15,828
Pork	1,415		400		890		1,334		893		4,932
Chicken	5,637		5,138		690		1,777		58		13,300
Prepared Foods	4,793		3,270		104		251		—		8,418
International/Other	—		—		1,289		—		—		1,289
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(1,362)		(1,362)
Total	$	19,265	$	12,959	$	5,399	$	4,782	$	—	$	42,405

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

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

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

(d) Includes 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.