Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 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	$ 169.1	$ 145.9	$ 127.5
60-89 Days Past Due	57.1	52.7	51.3
90 Days or Greater Past Due	58.9	34.6	33.6
Total Past Due	285.1	233.2	212.4
Total Non-Performing	70.8	60.0	58.0
Current	30,001.7	28,540.1	27,060.0
Total Receivables	30,357.6	28,833.3	27,330.4
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	18,382.3		16,119.5
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	80.1	67.8	55.8
60-89 Days Past Due	26.2	23.3	21.8
90 Days or Greater Past Due	24.1	17.1	15.2
Total Past Due	130.4	108.2	92.8
Total Non-Performing	40.0	34.1	35.2
Current	16,249.7	16,359.3	14,471.5
Total Receivables	16,420.1	16,501.6	14,599.5
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	56.5	38.4	42.0
60-89 Days Past Due	18.2	14.4	16.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	11.3	8.6	5.2
Total Past Due	86.0	61.4	63.4
Total Non-Performing	13.6	11.4	11.1
Current	1,862.6	1,672.1	1,445.5
Total Receivables	1,962.2	1,744.9	1,520.0
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	2,158.4		2,207.2
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	11.4	14.6	9.6
60-89 Days Past Due	6.6	4.5	5.1
90 Days or Greater Past Due	16.1	2.2	5.5
Total Past Due	34.1	21.3	20.2
Total Non-Performing	2.2	0.9	0.6
Current	2,048.6	2,438.0	2,122.9
Total Receivables	2,084.9	2,460.2	2,143.7
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	3.6	2.3	1.8
60-89 Days Past Due	1.3	1.0	0.5
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total Past Due	5.4	3.8	2.8
Current	68.1	70.9	60.7
Total Receivables	73.5	74.7	63.5
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	9,258.6		8,421.8
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	3.2	10.0	4.8
60-89 Days Past Due	0.9	4.9	1.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	5.4	3.0	4.3
Total Past Due	9.5	17.9	10.3
Total Non-Performing	0.2	0.3	0.3
Current	8,248.5	6,541.1	7,342.3
Total Receivables	8,258.2	6,559.3	7,352.9
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	1.7	0.3	1.9
60-89 Days Past Due		0.1	0.9
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.4	0.9	0.6
Total Past Due	2.1	1.3	3.4
Current	998.3	904.1	1,065.5
Total Receivables	1,000.4	905.4	1,068.9
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	8.6	10.2	10.8
60-89 Days Past Due	3.1	4.0	4.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.8	2.3	1.1
Total Past Due	12.5	16.5	16.1
Total Non-Performing	13.0	11.0	9.8
Current	365.7	379.0	371.8
Total Receivables	391.2	406.5	397.7
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	4.0	2.2	0.8
60-89 Days Past Due	0.8	0.5	1.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.3		1.2
Total Past Due	5.1	2.7	3.2
Total Non-Performing	1.8	2.0	1.0
Current	150.3	144.1	140.0
Total Receivables	157.2	148.8	144.2
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			0.2
Total Past Due		0.1	0.2
Total Non-Performing		0.3
Current	9.9	31.5	39.8
Total Receivables	$ 9.9	$ 31.9	$ 40.0