Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Notes to Financial Statements	3 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2012
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Abstract Cato [Abstract]
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	NOTE 3 - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: Income tax payments, net of refunds received, for the nine months ended October 27, 2012 and October 29, 2011 were $37,023,000 and $25,045,000, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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