INVENTORIES (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	$ 267,746	$ 252,765
Live poultry-broilers and breeders
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	172,805	161,575
Feed, eggs and other
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	43,598	35,361
Processed poultry
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	30,427	37,769
Prepared chicken
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	14,466	12,207
Packaging materials
Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	$ 6,450	$ 5,853

Amount after valuation and LIFO reserves of inventory expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-SubTopic 10
-Section 35
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68049868&loc=d3e3927-108312

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82887183&loc=d3e6676-107765

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