INVENTORIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current

Inventories consisted of the following:

	April 30, 2015		October 31, 2014
	(In thousands)
Live poultry-broilers and breeders	$	142,095	$	122,181
Feed, eggs and other	30,951		26,221
Processed poultry	19,270		24,426
Prepared chicken	11,559		10,392
Packaging materials	8,431		7,603
	$	212,306	$	190,823