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Segment Reporting
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
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 and Thailand, 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 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
December 31, 2022January 1, 2022
Sales:
Beef$4,723 $5,002 
Pork1,529 1,626 
Chicken4,263 3,890 
Prepared Foods2,538 2,333 
International/Other612 550 
Intersegment(405)(468)
Total Sales$13,260 $12,933 
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2022January 1, 2022
Operating Income (Loss):
Beef(a)
$166 $956 
Pork(21)164 
Chicken(b)
69 140 
Prepared Foods258 186 
International/Other(5)9 
Total Operating Income467 1,455 
Total Other (Income) Expense33 45 
Income before Income Taxes$434 $1,410 
(a) Beef segment results for the three months ended December 31, 2022 included $42 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, recognized in Cost of Sales.
(b) Chicken segment results for the three months ended December 31, 2022 included $7 million of costs related to a fire at one of our production facilities, net of insurance proceeds, recognized in Cost of Sales. Additionally, Chicken segment results for the three months ended January 1, 2022 included $23 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, recognized in Cost of Sales, related to a fire at our production facility in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.

The following tables further disaggregate our sales to customers by major distribution channels (in millions):
Three months ended December 31, 2022
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
IntersegmentTotal
Beef$2,134 $1,129 $697 $647 $116 $4,723 
Pork458 117 332 350 272 1,529 
Chicken1,881 1,606 246 513 17 4,263 
Prepared Foods1,505 938 56 39 — 2,538 
International/Other— — 612 — — 612 
Intersegment— — — — (405)(405)
Total$5,978 $3,790 $1,943 $1,549 $— $13,260 
Three months ended January 1, 2022
Retail(a)
Foodservice(b)
International(c)
Industrial and Other(d)
IntersegmentTotal
Beef$2,218 $1,236 $856 $562 $130 $5,002 
Pork478 136 304 398 310 1,626 
Chicken1,633 1,560 221 448 28 3,890 
Prepared Foods1,325 929 46 33 — 2,333 
International/Other— — 550 — — 550 
Intersegment— — — — (468)(468)
Total$5,654 $3,861 $1,977 $1,441 $— $12,933 
(a) Includes sales to consumer products and food retailers, such as grocery retailers, warehouse club stores and internet-based retailers.
(b) Includes sales to foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities and the military.
(c) Includes sales to international markets for internationally produced products or export sales of domestically produced products.
(d) Includes 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.