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General (Policies)	9 Months Ended
General (Policies)	Oct. 29, 2022
General [Abstract]
Consolidation, Policy	The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the accounting records of The Cato Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), and all amounts shown as of and for the periods ended October 29, 2022 and October 30, 2021 are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature unless otherwise noted. The results of the interim period may not be indicative of the results expected for the entire year.
Basis of Accounting, Policy	The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2022. Amounts as of January 29, 2022 have been derived from the audited balance sheet, but do not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Income Tax, Policy	The Company received $33 million of its income tax receivable in the second quarter of the current fiscal year. The Company anticipates that the remaining balance, which is included in Accounts receivable in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, will be received by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.
Pandemic Risk - Covid 19	During the third quarter of the current fiscal year, the Company received $1.4 million from the state of North Carolina’s Business Recovery Program, which provides aid to eligible North Carolina businesses that suffered significant economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic. The full amount received is recorded in Interest and other income in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
Recently Adopted Accounting Policies	Recently Adopted Accounting Policies In November 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. This update provides for increased transparency of government assistance, including the disclosure of the types of assistance an entity receives, an entity’s method of accounting for government assistance and the effect of the assistance on an entity’s financial statements. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company adopted this standard on a prospective basis on January 30, 2022.

Disclosure of accounting policy for income taxes, which may include its accounting policies for recognizing and measuring deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowances, recognizing investment tax credits, operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and other carryforwards, methodologies for determining its effective income tax rate and the characterization of interest and penalties in the financial statements.

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