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

3 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2024

Jul. 01, 2023

Jun. 29, 2024

Jul. 01, 2023

Sep. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Sales

$ 13,353

$ 13,140

$ 39,744

$ 39,533

Operating Income (Loss)

341

(350)

884

Total Other (Income) Expense

267

190

Income before income taxes

253

(426)

617

(122)

Loss Contingency Accrual

351

$ 289

Goodwill, Impairment Loss

448

$ 0

448

Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both, Net of Insurance Proceeds [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, By Segment

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


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023		June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023
Sales:
Beef	$	5,241	$	4,956	$	15,218	$	14,296
Pork	1,462		1,324		4,465		4,274
Chicken	4,076		4,212		12,174		12,905
Prepared Foods	2,432		2,383		7,379		7,343
International/Other	582		633		1,744		1,879
Intersegment	(440)		(368)		(1,236)		(1,164)
Total Sales	$	13,353	$	13,140	$	39,744	$	39,533


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023		June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(69)	$	66	$	(310)	$	232
Pork(b)	(62)		(74)		(24)		(128)
Chicken(c)	244		(314)		579		(503)
Prepared Foods	203		206		676		705
International/Other(d)	25		(234)		(37)		(238)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	341		(350)		884		68

Total Other (Income) Expense	88		76		267		190

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes	$	253	$	(426)	$	617	$	(122)

(a) Beef segment results for the nine months ended June 29, 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 nine months ended July 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 nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $39 million and $73 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Pork segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $45 million and $73 million, respectively, related to the recognition of legal contingency accruals, of which the amount recognized in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was a reduction to Sales and the remainder was recognized in Cost of Sales.

(c) Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $2 million and $41 million, respectively, of costs related to plant closures and $5 million of production facility fire costs incurred, net of insurance proceeds, and $19 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, respectively, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included a $56 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Costs of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2023 included production facility fire insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, of $22 million and $15 million, respectively, recognized in Cost of Sales, and costs related to plant closures of $15 million and $107 million, respectively, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2023 included a charge of $38 million related to the recognition of a legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales, and $210 million of goodwill impairment.

(d) International/Other results for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024 included $3 million and $83 million, respectively, of costs, net of insurance proceeds, related to a fire at our production facility in the Netherlands and subsequent decision to sell, recognized in Cost of Sales. International/Other results for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2023 included $238 million of goodwill impairment.

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				Nine Months Ended
	June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023		June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023
Sales:
Beef	$	5,241	$	4,956	$	15,218	$	14,296
Pork	1,462		1,324		4,465		4,274
Chicken	4,076		4,212		12,174		12,905
Prepared Foods	2,432		2,383		7,379		7,343
International/Other	582		633		1,744		1,879
Intersegment	(440)		(368)		(1,236)		(1,164)
Total Sales	$	13,353	$	13,140	$	39,744	$	39,533


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023		June 29, 2024		July 1, 2023
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(69)	$	66	$	(310)	$	232
Pork(b)	(62)		(74)		(24)		(128)
Chicken(c)	244		(314)		579		(503)
Prepared Foods	203		206		676		705
International/Other(d)	25		(234)		(37)		(238)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	341		(350)		884		68

Total Other (Income) Expense	88		76		267		190

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes	$	253	$	(426)	$	617	$	(122)

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


	Three months ended June 29, 2024
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,566	$	1,318	$	707	$	541	$	5,132	$	109	$	5,241
Pork	464		141		322		228		1,155		307		1,462
Chicken	1,720		1,567		256		509		4,052		24		4,076
Prepared Foods	1,434		876		58		64		2,432		—		2,432
International/Other	—		—		582		—		582		—		582
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(440)		(440)
Total	$	6,184	$	3,902	$	1,925	$	1,342	$	13,353	$	—	$	13,353


	Three months ended July 1, 2023
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,313	$	1,257	$	671	$	575	$	4,816	$	140	$	4,956
Pork	394		125		294		305		1,118		206		1,324
Chicken	1,823		1,636		264		467		4,190		22		4,212
Prepared Foods	1,396		898		55		34		2,383		—		2,383
International/Other	—		—		633		—		633		—		633
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(368)		(368)
Total	$	5,926	$	3,916	$	1,917	$	1,381	$	13,140	$	—	$	13,140


	Nine months ended June 29, 2024
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	7,330	$	3,920	$	2,001	$	1,668	$	14,919	$	299	$	15,218
Pork	1,374		379		1,050		797		3,600		865		4,465
Chicken	5,188		4,782		698		1,434		12,102		72		12,174
Prepared Foods	4,336		2,733		168		142		7,379		—		7,379
International/Other	—		—		1,744		—		1,744		—		1,744
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(1,236)		(1,236)
Total	$	18,228	$	11,814	$	5,661	$	4,041	$	39,744	$	—	$	39,744


	Nine months ended July 1, 2023
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	6,581	$	3,577	$	1,978	$	1,782	$	13,918	$	378	$	14,296
Pork	1,268		356		926		994		3,544		730		4,274
Chicken	5,668		4,902		758		1,521		12,849		56		12,905
Prepared Foods	4,334		2,734		162		113		7,343		—		7,343
International/Other	—		—		1,879		—		1,879		—		1,879
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(1,164)		(1,164)
Total	$	17,851	$	11,569	$	5,703	$	4,410	$	39,533	$	—	$	39,533

(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. For the three and nine months ended June 29, 2024, the Pork segment included a $45 million reduction in Other due to the recognition of a legal contingency accrual. For the three and nine months ended July 1, 2023, the Chicken segment included a $38 million reduction in Other due to the recognition of a legal contingency accrual.

Pork [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Sales

1,462

1,324

$ 4,465

4,274

Loss Contingency, Loss in Period

Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]

1,155

1,118

3,600