Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014	Jun. 01, 2013	Jun. 02, 2012	Mar. 01, 2014 Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member]	May 31, 2014 Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member]	Aug. 10, 2012 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. [Member] property item	Nov. 15, 2012 Maxim Production Co [Member] item property	Mar. 01, 2014 Delta, Utah [Member] Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member] item	Mar. 01, 2014 Chase, Kansas [Member] Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member] item	May 31, 2014 Right Of Use Intangible [Member]	May 31, 2014 Water Rights [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date				Mar. 01, 2014		Aug. 10, 2012	Nov. 15, 2012
Percentage of voting interest acquired				50.00%		13.60%	21.80%
Purchase price				$ 17,000,000		$ 16,300,000	$ 64,900,000
Cash paid for acquisition	2,624,000						58,600,000
Previous ownership interest of purchase				50.00%
Non-recurring, non-cash gain for excess purchase price over carrying value				4,000,000
Reduction in tax expense					(1,500,000)
Decrease in deferred tax liability	3,800,000	3,540,000			(3,300,000)
Number of laying hens								1,200,000	400,000
Other Intangibles, Finite-Lived, Additions										191,000
Other Intangibles, Indefinite-Lived, Additions											720,000
Trade receivables acquired	2,800,000
Useful life										5 years
Shares issued to entity							114,103
Earn-out contingency						2,500,000	4,400,000
Revenues					4,700,000
Net income	$ 109,807,000	$ 50,761,000	$ 89,967,000		$ 1,300,000
Number of production complexes acquired						2	2
Number of contract laying hens						1,400,000	3,500,000
Interest held in TEP							72.10%