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

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2025

Mar. 30, 2024

Mar. 29, 2025

Mar. 30, 2024

Sep. 28, 2024

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues

$ 13,074

$ 13,072

$ 26,697

$ 26,391

Operating Income (Loss)

100

312

680

543

Total Other (Income) Expense

109

172

179

Income before income taxes

203

508

364

Loss Contingency Accrual

583

$ 583

$ 349

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				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024		March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024
Sales:
Beef	$	5,196	$	4,954	$	10,531	$	9,977
Pork	1,244		1,486		2,861		3,003
Chicken	4,141		4,065		8,206		8,098
Prepared Foods	2,396		2,404		4,869		4,947
International/Other	566		580		1,150		1,162
Intersegment	(469)		(417)		(920)		(796)
Total Sales	$	13,074	$	13,072	$	26,697	$	26,391


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024		March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(258)	$	(35)	$	(322)	$	(241)
Pork(b)	(195)		(1)		(136)		38
Chicken(c)	262		158		613		335
Prepared Foods(d)	244		230		453		473
International/Other(e)	47		(40)		72		(62)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	100		312		680		543

Total Other (Income) Expense	70		109		172		179

Income before Income Taxes	$	30	$	203	$	508	$	364

(a) Beef segment results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included $16 million and $48 million, respectively, in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Beef segment results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included a $93 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales. Beef segment results for the six months ended March 30, 2024 included $41 million of costs related to plant closures and disposals and a $45 million legal contingency accrual, recognized in Cost of Sales.

(b) Pork segment results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included a $250 million legal contingency accrual, recognized as a reduction to Sales. Pork segment results for the three and six months ended March 30, 2024 included $34 million of costs related to plant closures and disposals, 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 three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included $6 million and $12 million, respectively, of brand discontinuation charges, recognized in Selling, General and Administrative, and network optimization plan charges of $21 million and $32 million, respectively, primarily recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included costs related to plant closures and disposals of $23 million, recognized in Cost of Sales. Chicken segment results for the six months ended March 30, 2024 included $24 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, and $39 million of costs related to plant closures and disposals recognized in Cost of Sales.

(d) Prepared Foods segment results for the six months ended March 29, 2025 included $25 million in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. Prepared Foods segment results for the three and six months ended March 30, 2024 included restructuring and related charges of $3 million and $24 million, respectively, primarily recognized in Selling, General and Administrative.

(e) International/Other results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 included $6 million and $11 million, respectively, in network optimization plan charges, recognized in Cost of Sales. 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 subsequent decision to sell, 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 China, Malaysia, Mexico, 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, rendered products 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, convenience stores, 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 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, convenience stores, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, 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 29, 2025		March 30, 2024		March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024
Sales:
Beef	$	5,196	$	4,954	$	10,531	$	9,977
Pork	1,244		1,486		2,861		3,003
Chicken	4,141		4,065		8,206		8,098
Prepared Foods	2,396		2,404		4,869		4,947
International/Other	566		580		1,150		1,162
Intersegment	(469)		(417)		(920)		(796)
Total Sales	$	13,074	$	13,072	$	26,697	$	26,391


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024		March 29, 2025		March 30, 2024
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)	$	(258)	$	(35)	$	(322)	$	(241)
Pork(b)	(195)		(1)		(136)		38
Chicken(c)	262		158		613		335
Prepared Foods(d)	244		230		453		473
International/Other(e)	47		(40)		72		(62)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	100		312		680		543

Total Other (Income) Expense	70		109		172		179

Income before Income Taxes	$	30	$	203	$	508	$	364

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


	Three months ended March 29, 2025
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	2,647	$	1,341	$	590	$	506	$	5,084	$	112	$	5,196
Pork	443		126		316		30		915		329		1,244
Chicken	1,786		1,561		270		496		4,113		28		4,141
Prepared Foods	1,427		857		53		59		2,396		—		2,396
International/Other	—		—		566		—		566		—		566
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(469)		(469)
Total	$	6,303	$	3,885	$	1,795	$	1,091	$	13,074	$	—	$	13,074


	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


	Six months ended March 29, 2025
	Retail(a)		Foodservice(b)		International(c)		Industrial and Other(d)		Total External Customers		Intersegment		Total
Beef	$	5,304	$	2,707	$	1,245	$	1,055	$	10,311	$	220	$	10,531
Pork	996		252		647		315		2,210		651		2,861
Chicken	3,444		3,213		539		961		8,157		49		8,206
Prepared Foods	2,899		1,751		110		109		4,869		—		4,869
International/Other	—		—		1,150		—		1,150		—		1,150
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		—		(920)		(920)
Total	$	12,643	$	7,923	$	3,691	$	2,440	$	26,697	$	—	$	26,697


	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

(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. Additionally, during the three and six months ended March 29, 2025, Beef and Pork segments included a $93 million and $250 million reduction in Other, respectively, due to the recognition of legal contingency accruals.