COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 06, 2024	Jun. 24, 2024	Oct. 13, 2016	Oct. 16, 2019	Dec. 28, 2025	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 17, 2025	Dec. 29, 2024
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2026					$ 483,700,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2027					281,600,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2028					1,800,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable in 2029					1,700,000
Outstanding purchase contracts, payable thereafter					9,000,000.0
Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation | Settled Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded to other party			$ 195,500,000
Settlement expense			$ 683,100,000
Litigation settlement, gain		$ 100,000,000			100,600,000
Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc. and Earnest v. Perdue Farms, Inc. et al | Settled Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded to other party				$ 29,000,000
State of Alaska v. Agri Stats, Inc., et al., 3AN-21-04632 | Settled Litigation | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement expense	$ 41,500,000
City of Miami Beach Fire and Police Pension Fund | Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual									$ 0
Mexican Tax Authority | Foreign
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss					230,000,000.0
Loss contingency accrual					$ 88,200,000
Mexican Tax Authority | Foreign | Avícola Pilgrim’s Pride de Mexico, S.A. de C.V Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Taxes payable										$ 16,300,000
Mexican Tax Authority | Foreign | Avícola Pilgrim’s Pride de Mexico, S.A. de C.V Litigation | Settled Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Tax settlement amount						$ 25,900,000
UK Revenue & Customs Authority | Foreign | Tax Year 2017
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Deduction, amount								$ 7,900,000
UK Revenue & Customs Authority | Foreign | Tax Year 2018
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Deduction, amount							$ 32,100,000