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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001292215-05-000008.txt : 20051215
<SEC-HEADER>0001292215-05-000008.hdr.sgml : 20051215
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051215123649
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292215-05-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051215

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Henderson Jeffery A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001302198

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50925
		FILM NUMBER:		051265837

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7066253045

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		597 HENDERSON BEND ROAD
		CITY:			CALHOUN
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30701

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gold Kist Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001292215
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015]
		IRS NUMBER:				201163666
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		244 PERIMETER CENTER PARKWAY, N.E.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30346
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-393-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		244 PERIMETER CENTER PARKWAY, N.E.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30346

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Gold Kist Holdings Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040528
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        <issuerName>Gold Kist Inc.</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Henderson Jeffery A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>597 HENDERSON BEND ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CALHOUN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30701</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-12-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person held patronage equity in Gold Kist Inc., a cooperative marketing association organized under the Georgia Cooperative Marketing Act (&quot;Gold Kist Co0op&quot;).  Pursuant to a plan of conversion that was effective immediately prior to the closing of the initial public offering of the issuer's common stock, Gold Kist Co-op converted to a for profit corporation organized under the laws of Delaware by merging into the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This Form 4 is being filed to report the number of shares of the issuer's common stock received by the reporting person in connection with the conversion based on (i) the amount of patronage equity in Gold Kist Co-op held by the reporting person at the closing of the conversion and (ii) the reporting person's pro rata share in the additional and supplemental distributions under the plan of conversion, which share is based the amount of business the reporting person did with Gold Kist Co-op for the five fiscal years ending June 26, 2004 and the period through the closing of the conversion.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person's wife also held patronage equity in the Gold Kist Co-op, which converted into shares of the issuer's common stock pursuant to the conversion described in Footnote 2.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>J. David Dyson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-12-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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