Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013
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	$ 186.0	$ 145.9	$ 144.2
60-89 Days Past Due	68.7	52.7	46.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	42.2	34.6	30.4
Total Past Due	296.9	233.2	221.4
Total Non-Performing	70.0	60.0	61.6
Current	27,908.9	28,540.1	24,778.7
Total Receivables	28,275.8	28,833.3	25,061.7
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	18,322.3		15,856.8
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	93.3	67.8	71.1
60-89 Days Past Due	33.3	23.3	20.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	21.8	17.1	14.2
Total Past Due	148.4	108.2	105.7
Total Non-Performing	42.0	34.1	37.0
Current	16,251.1	16,359.3	14,235.4
Total Receivables	16,441.5	16,501.6	14,378.1
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	50.2	38.4	39.8
60-89 Days Past Due	19.4	14.4	16.7
90 Days or Greater Past Due	9.9	8.6	8.1
Total Past Due	79.5	61.4	64.6
Total Non-Performing	14.1	11.4	13.3
Current	1,787.2	1,672.1	1,400.8
Total Receivables	1,880.8	1,744.9	1,478.7
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	1,760.0		1,755.3
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	19.9	14.6	14.8
60-89 Days Past Due	5.0	4.5	4.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	1.7	2.2	1.6
Total Past Due	26.6	21.3	20.8
Total Non-Performing	1.0	0.9	0.7
Current	1,665.0	2,438.0	1,674.3
Total Receivables	1,692.6	2,460.2	1,695.8
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	4.0	2.3	2.1
60-89 Days Past Due	1.3	1.0	0.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.5	0.5	0.6
Total Past Due	5.8	3.8	3.5
Total Non-Performing	0.1
Current	61.5	70.9	56.0
Total Receivables	67.4	74.7	59.5
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	7,638.3		6,891.4
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	11.1	10.0	2.6
60-89 Days Past Due	5.2	4.9	2.0
90 Days or Greater Past Due	6.3	3.0	5.1
Total Past Due	22.6	17.9	9.7
Total Non-Performing	0.5	0.3	0.4
Current	6,795.4	6,541.1	5,956.6
Total Receivables	6,818.5	6,559.3	5,966.7
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	0.2	0.3	5.5
60-89 Days Past Due	0.2	0.1
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.2	0.9	0.1
Total Past Due	0.6	1.3	5.6
Current	819.2	904.1	919.1
Total Receivables	819.8	905.4	924.7
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	4.4	10.2	6.3
60-89 Days Past Due	3.9	4.0	2.0
90 Days or Greater Past Due	1.4	2.3	0.6
Total Past Due	9.7	16.5	8.9
Total Non-Performing	11.4	11.0	9.1
Current	353.2	379.0	354.4
Total Receivables	374.3	406.5	372.4
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	2.9	2.2	2.0
60-89 Days Past Due	0.4	0.5	0.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.4		0.1
Total Past Due	3.7	2.7	2.5
Total Non-Performing	0.9	2.0	1.0
Current	151.0	144.1	141.5
Total Receivables	155.6	148.8	145.0
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
60-89 Days Past Due			0.1
Total Past Due		0.1	0.1
Total Non-Performing		0.3	0.1
Current	25.3	31.5	40.6
Total Receivables	$ 25.3	$ 31.9	$ 40.8