Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) shares in Thousands, item in Thousands, $ in Thousands				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2014 USD ($) item	Nov. 15, 2012 USD ($) item property shares	Aug. 10, 2012 USD ($) item property	May. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition				$ 2,200
Net income				$ 162,281	$ 109,807	$ 50,761
Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date	Mar. 01, 2014
Percentage of voting interest acquired	50.00%
Purchase price	$ 17,000
Previous ownership interest of purchase	50.00%
Non-recurring, non-cash gain for excess purchase price over carrying value					4,000
Reduction in tax expense					(1,500)
Decrease in deferred tax liability					(3,300)
Revenues					4,700
Net income					$ 1,300
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date			Aug. 10, 2012
Percentage of voting interest acquired			13.60%
Purchase price			$ 16,300
Earn-out contingency			$ 1,400
Number of production complexes acquired | property			2
Number of contract laying hens | item			1,400
Maxim Production Co [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Nov. 15, 2012
Percentage of voting interest acquired		21.80%
Purchase price		$ 64,900
Cash paid for acquisition		$ 58,600
Shares issued to entity | shares		114,103
Earn-out contingency		$ 4,400
Number of production complexes acquired | property		2
Number of contract laying hens | item		3,500
Interest held in TEP		72.10%
Delta, Utah [Member] | Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of laying hens | item	1,200
Chase, Kansas [Member] | Delta Egg Farm, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of laying hens | item	400