Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014
Receivables
Minimum number of days for a receivable to be considered past due	30 days
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	$ 206.2	$ 166.6	$ 186.0
60-89 Days Past Due	75.5	60.6	68.7
90 Days or Greater Past Due	52.3	39.0	42.2
Total Past Due	334.0	266.2	296.9
Total Non-Performing	72.3	71.2	70.0
Current	28,592.4	30,168.5	27,908.9
Total Receivables	28,998.7	30,505.9	28,275.8
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
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	18,833.5		18,322.3
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	108.6	85.0	93.3
60-89 Days Past Due	34.6	30.8	33.3
90 Days or Greater Past Due	35.0	24.0	21.8
Total Past Due	178.2	139.8	148.4
Total Non-Performing	42.3	41.8	42.0
Current	16,238.8	17,023.9	16,251.1
Total Receivables	16,459.3	17,205.5	16,441.5
Retail notes | Construction and forestry equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	57.9	53.6	50.2
60-89 Days Past Due	25.2	15.6	19.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	10.6	7.0	9.9
Total Past Due	93.7	76.2	79.5
Total Non-Performing	11.6	14.3	14.1
Current	2,268.9	2,165.3	1,787.2
Total Receivables	2,374.2	2,255.8	1,880.8
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
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	1,839.4		1,760.0
Revolving charge accounts | Agriculture and turf equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	20.3	11.3	19.9
60-89 Days Past Due	5.3	3.7	5.0
90 Days or Greater Past Due	1.1	0.9	1.7
Total Past Due	26.7	15.9	26.6
Total Non-Performing	1.0	1.1	1.0
Current	1,738.9	2,437.0	1,665.0
Total Receivables	1,766.6	2,454.0	1,692.6
Revolving charge accounts | Construction and forestry equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	2.8	2.4	4.0
60-89 Days Past Due	0.9	1.2	1.3
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.4	0.3	0.5
Total Past Due	4.1	3.9	5.8
Total Non-Performing		0.1	0.1
Current	68.7	77.9	61.5
Total Receivables	72.8	81.9	67.4
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
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Total Receivables	7,784.8		7,638.3
Wholesale receivables | Agriculture and turf equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	5.1	4.1	11.1
60-89 Days Past Due	3.9	3.4	5.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	2.1	4.5	6.3
Total Past Due	11.1	12.0	22.6
Total Non-Performing	1.0	1.1	0.5
Current	6,886.8	6,961.0	6,795.4
Total Receivables	6,898.9	6,974.1	6,818.5
Wholesale receivables | Construction and forestry equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	0.1	0.2	0.2
60-89 Days Past Due	0.1		0.2
90 Days or Greater Past Due	1.4	1.5	0.2
Total Past Due	1.6	1.7	0.6
Current	884.3	943.3	819.2
Total Receivables	885.9	945.0	819.8
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
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	7.3	7.5	4.4
60-89 Days Past Due	3.7	5.1	3.9
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.8	0.6	1.4
Total Past Due	11.8	13.2	9.7
Total Non-Performing	14.1	11.5	11.4
Current	346.9	396.0	353.2
Total Receivables	372.8	420.7	374.3
Financing leases | Construction and forestry equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
30-59 Days Past Due	4.1	2.5	2.9
60-89 Days Past Due	1.8	0.8	0.4
90 Days or Greater Past Due	0.9	0.2	0.4
Total Past Due	6.8	3.5	3.7
Total Non-Performing	2.3	1.3	0.9
Current	159.1	164.1	151.0
Total Receivables	168.2	168.9	155.6
Operating loans | Agriculture and turf equipment
Age Analysis of Past Due Receivables That Are Still Accruing Interest and Non-Performing Receivables
Current			25.3
Total Receivables			$ 25.3