Segment Reporting (Segment Reporting Information, By Segment) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2024

Apr. 01, 2023

Mar. 30, 2024

Apr. 01, 2023

Sep. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Sales

$ 13,072

$ 13,133

$ 26,391

$ 26,393

Operating Income (Loss)

312

(49)

543

418

Total Other (Income) Expense

109

179

114

Income before income taxes

203

(130)

364

304

Loss Contingency Accrual

262

$ 262

$ 289

Business Exit Costs

Segment Reporting Information, By Segment

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023		March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023
Sales:
Beef	$	4,954	$	4,617	$	9,977	$	9,340
Pork	1,486		1,421		3,003		2,950
Chicken	4,065		4,430		8,098		8,693
Prepared Foods	2,404		2,422		4,947		4,960
International/Other	580		634		1,162		1,246
Intersegment	(417)		(391)		(796)		(796)
Total Sales	$	13,072	$	13,133	$	26,391	$	26,393


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023		March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(35)	$	—	$	(241)	$	166
Pork(b)	(1)		(33)		38		(54)
Chicken(c)	158		(258)		335		(189)
Prepared Foods	230		241		473		499
International/Other(d)	(40)		1		(62)		(4)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	312		(49)		543		418

Total Other (Income) Expense	109		81		179		114

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes	$	203	$	(130)	$	364	$	304

(a) Beef segment results for the six months ended March 30, 2024 included a $45 million legal contingency accrual and $41 million of costs related to plant closures recognized in Cost of Sales. Beef segment results for the six months ended April 1, 2023 included $42 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(b) Pork segment results for the three and six months ended March 30, 2024 included $34 million of costs related to plant closures, recognized in Cost of Sales. Pork segment results for the six months ended March 30, 2024 included a $28 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(c) Chicken segment results for the six months ended March 30, 2024 included $39 million of costs related to plant closures and $24 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and six months ended April 1, 2023 included $92 million of costs related to plant closures, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the six months ended April 1, 2023 included $7 million of costs related to a fire at one of our production facilities, net of insurance proceeds, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(d) International/Other results for the three and six months ended March 30, 2024 included $54 million and $80 million, respectively, of costs, net of insurance proceeds, related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and our current intention to discontinue the use of certain productive assets, recognized in Cost of Sales.

Segment Reporting

SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss). International/Other primarily includes our foreign operations in Australia, China, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Korea, Thailand and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC.

Beef

Beef includes our operations related to processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes sales from specialty products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.

Pork

Pork includes our operations related to processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes our live swine group, related specialty product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.

Chicken

Chicken includes our domestic operations related to raising and processing live chickens into, and purchasing raw materials for fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products, as well as sales from specialty products. Our value-added chicken products primarily include breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes logistics operations to move products through our domestic supply chain and the global operations of our chicken breeding stock subsidiary.

Prepared Foods

Prepared Foods includes our operations related to manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. This segment includes brands such as Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, State Fair®, as well as artisanal brands Aidells® and Gallo Salame®. Products primarily include ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components such as flame-grilled hamburgers and Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets.

We allocate expenses related to corporate activities to the segments, except for third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC, which are included in International/Other. Intersegment sales transactions, which were at market prices, are included in the segment sales in the table below.

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023		March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023
Sales:
Beef	$	4,954	$	4,617	$	9,977	$	9,340
Pork	1,486		1,421		3,003		2,950
Chicken	4,065		4,430		8,098		8,693
Prepared Foods	2,404		2,422		4,947		4,960
International/Other	580		634		1,162		1,246
Intersegment	(417)		(391)		(796)		(796)
Total Sales	$	13,072	$	13,133	$	26,391	$	26,393


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023		March 30, 2024		April 1, 2023
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(35)	$	—	$	(241)	$	166
Pork(b)	(1)		(33)		38		(54)
Chicken(c)	158		(258)		335		(189)
Prepared Foods	230		241		473		499
International/Other(d)	(40)		1		(62)		(4)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	312		(49)		543		418

Total Other (Income) Expense	109		81		179		114

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes	$	203	$	(130)	$	364	$	304

The following tables further disaggregate our sales to customers by major distribution channels (in millions):


	Three months ended March 30, 2024
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,367	$	1,287	$	662	$	549	$	4,865	$	89	$	4,954
Pork	427		121		375		264		1,187		299		1,486
Chicken	1,755		1,608		225		448		4,036		29		4,065
Prepared Foods	1,414		896		51		43		2,404		—		2,404
International/Other	—		—		580		—		580		—		580
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(417)		(417)
Total	$	5,963	$	3,912	$	1,893	$	1,304	$	13,072	$	—	$	13,072


	Three months ended April 1, 2023
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,134	$	1,191	$	610	$	560	$	4,495	$	122	$	4,617
Pork	416		114		300		339		1,169		252		1,421
Chicken	1,964		1,660		248		541		4,413		17		4,430
Prepared Foods	1,433		898		51		40		2,422		—		2,422
International/Other	—		—		634		—		634		—		634
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(391)		(391)
Total	$	5,947	$	3,863	$	1,843	$	1,480	$	13,133	$	—	$	13,133


	Six months ended March 30, 2024
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	4,764	$	2,602	$	1,294	$	1,127	$	9,787	$	190	$	9,977
Pork	910		238		728		569		2,445		558		3,003
Chicken	3,468		3,215		442		925		8,050		48		8,098
Prepared Foods	2,902		1,857		110		78		4,947		—		4,947
International/Other	—		—		1,162		—		1,162		—		1,162
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(796)		(796)
Total	$	12,044	$	7,912	$	3,736	$	2,699	$	26,391	$	—	$	26,391


	Six months ended April 1, 2023
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	4,268	$	2,320	$	1,307	$	1,207	$	9,102	$	238	$	9,340
Pork	874		231		632		689		2,426		524		2,950
Chicken	3,845		3,266		494		1,054		8,659		34		8,693
Prepared Foods	2,938		1,836		107		79		4,960		—		4,960
International/Other	—		—		1,246		—		1,246		—		1,246
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(796)		(796)
Total	$	11,925	$	7,653	$	3,786	$	3,029	$	26,393	$	—	$	26,393

(a) Includes external sales to consumer products and food retailers, such as grocery retailers, warehouse club stores and internet-based retailers.

(b) Includes external sales to foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities and the military.

(c) Includes external sales to international markets for internationally produced products or export sales of domestically produced products.

(d) Includes external sales to industrial food processing companies that further process our product to sell to end consumers and any remaining sales not included in the Retail, Foodservice or International categories.

Pork [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Sales

1,486

1,421

$ 3,003

2,950

Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]

1,187

1,169

2,445

2,426