Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables
Minimum number of days for a receivable to be considered past due	30 days
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	$ 145.9	$ 117.2
60-89 Days Past Due	52.7	48.9
90 Days or Greater Past Due	34.6	33.7
Total Past Due	233.2	199.8
Total Non-Performing	60.0	63.2
Current	28,540.1	24,941.3
Total Receivables	28,833.3	25,204.3	22,078.6
Retail notes
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the approximate number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income is suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off	120 days
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	18,246.5	15,728.8	13,871.7
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	67.8	52.6
60-89 Days Past Due	23.3	21.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	17.1	14.3
Total Past Due	108.2	88.7
Total Non-Performing	34.1	37.8
Current	16,359.3	14,207.3
Total Receivables	16,501.6	14,333.8
Retail notes | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	38.4	38.6
60-89 Days Past Due	14.4	17.0
90 Days or Greater Past Due	8.6	8.7
Total Past Due	61.4	64.3
Total Non-Performing	11.4	13.1
Current	1,672.1	1,317.6
Total Receivables	1,744.9	1,395.0
Revolving charge accounts
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the approximate number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income is suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off	120 days
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	2,534.9	2,427.7	2,452.5
Revolving charge accounts | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	14.6	12.3
60-89 Days Past Due	4.5	3.6
90 Days or Greater Past Due	2.2	1.6
Total Past Due	21.3	17.5
Total Non-Performing	0.9	0.8
Current	2,438.0	2,343.0
Total Receivables	2,460.2	2,361.3
Revolving charge accounts | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	2.3	2.4
60-89 Days Past Due	1.0	0.7
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.5	0.3
Total Past Due	3.8	3.4
Current	70.9	63.0
Total Receivables	74.7	66.4
Wholesale receivables
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the approximate number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income is suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off	60 days
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	7,464.7	6,483.1	5,211.7
Wholesale receivables | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	10.0	2.3
60-89 Days Past Due	4.9	3.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	3.0	6.6
Total Past Due	17.9	12.7
Total Non-Performing	0.3	0.4
Current	6,541.1	5,394.4
Total Receivables	6,559.3	5,407.5
Wholesale receivables | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	0.3	1.2
60-89 Days Past Due	0.1
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.9	1.5
Total Past Due	1.3	2.7
Current	904.1	1,072.9
Total Receivables	905.4	1,075.6
Financing leases
Receivable, Past Due
Generally the approximate number of days before a receivable is considered to be non-performing, accrual of finance income is suspended and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off	120 days
Financing leases | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	10.2	7.0
60-89 Days Past Due	4.0	1.7
90 Days or Greater Past Due	2.3	0.7
Total Past Due	16.5	9.4
Total Non-Performing	11.0	9.2
Current	379.0	356.5
Total Receivables	406.5	375.1
Financing leases | Construction and forestry equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	2.2	0.8
60-89 Days Past Due	0.5	0.3
Total Past Due	2.7	1.1
Total Non-Performing	2.0	1.9
Current	144.1	144.3
Total Receivables	148.8	147.3
Operating loans | Agriculture and turf equipment
Aging of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	0.1
Total Past Due	0.1
Total Non-Performing	0.3
Current	31.5	42.3
Total Receivables	$ 31.9	$ 42.3