Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Operations [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 34,233,556	$ 30,348,154	$ 100,491,425	$ 87,980,419
Cost of goods sold	33,342,092	29,656,150	97,935,686	85,870,597
Gross profit	891,464	692,004	2,555,739	2,109,822
Operating expenses:
Distribution, selling, and administrative	502,744	387,611	1,361,678	1,128,012
Depreciation	48,283	40,880	137,755	116,167
Amortization	20,147	6,454	36,177	19,611
Warrants	(14,900)	145,040	1,109,211	267,000
Employee severance, litigation and other	2,625	1,142	30,999	7,411
Operating income (loss)	332,565	110,877	(120,081)	571,621
Other (income) loss	(1,534)	(1,312)	11,185	(5,692)
Interest expense, net	29,793	20,903	70,081	59,209
Loss on early retirement of debt		(32,954)		(32,954)
Income (Loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	304,306	58,332	(201,347)	485,150
Income taxes	90,143	71,112	297,827	268,922
Income (Loss) from continuing operations	214,163	(12,780)	(499,174)	216,228
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes				(7,546)
Net income (loss)	$ 214,163	$ (12,780)	$ (499,174)	$ 208,682
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$ 0.98	$ (0.06)	$ (2.27)	$ 0.95
Discontinued operations				(0.03)
Rounding				(0.01)
Total	0.98	(0.06)	(2.27)	0.91
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations	0.89	(0.06)	(2.27)	0.92
Discontinued operations				(0.03)
Total	$ 0.89	$ (0.06)	$ (2.27)	$ 0.89
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	219,359	225,727	219,689	228,477
Diluted	240,236	225,727	219,689	235,532
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock	$ 0.290	$ 0.235	$ 0.870	$ 0.705