Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

Information related to our retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2020		2019		2018
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	453	$	403	$	568
Interest cost	1,158		1,416		1,198
Amortization of prior service cost	1,468		506		936
Amortization of unrecognized losses	23		—		17
	$	3,102	$	2,325	$	2,719
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	45,070	$	35,515	$	38,222
Plan amendments adopted during year	2,600		4,956		—
Service cost	453		403		568
Interest cost	1,158		1,416		1,198
Benefit payments	(1,636)		(1,358)		(1,358)
Change in unrecognized gain/loss	729		4,138		(3,115)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	48,374	$	45,070	$	35,515
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	5,320	$	870	$	1,806
Plan amendments adopted during year	2,600		4,956		—
Amortization of prior service cost	(1,468)		(506)		(936)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	6,452	$	5,320	$	870
Accumulated unrecognized (loss) gain, October 31	$	(3,273)	$	(2,567)	$	1,571
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	48,374	$	45,070	$	35,515
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	48,374	$	45,070	$	35,515

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

The table below provides, based upon the estimated retirement dates of the participants in the retirement plans, the amounts of benefits we would be required to pay in each of the next five fiscal years and for the five fiscal years ended October 31, 2030 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2021	$	1,930
2022	$	2,851
2023	$	3,148
2024	$	3,180
2025	$	3,314
November 1, 2025 – October 31, 2030	$	17,289