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Notes Payable, Long-term Debt, Commitments and Contingencies (Details)
$ in Millions
9 Months Ended
Jul. 21, 2017
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
item
Dec. 31, 2016
USD ($)
Sep. 19, 2012
item
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   $ 97 $ 121  
Total long-term debt at face value   541 517  
Current maturities of long-term debt and unamortized discount   (51) (18)  
Long-term debt, less current maturities and unamortized discount   $ 490 $ 499  
Contingencies        
Number of search warrants executed authorizing the seizure of certain records from Seaboard's offices in Merriam, Kansas and at the Seaboard Foods employment office and the human resources department in Guymon, Oklahoma. | item       3
Number of civil or criminal proceedings or charges filed | item   0    
Regulatory Action | Maximum        
Contingencies        
Proposed civil penalty $ 1      
Sugar        
Debt Instrument        
Interest rate (as a percent)   23.00%    
Notes payable to bank        
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   $ 97    
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)   11.56% 14.88%  
Uncommitted bank lines        
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   $ 97    
Maximum capacity   419    
Letters of credit outstanding   3    
Committed bank line        
Debt Instrument        
Maximum capacity   100    
Outstanding balance   0    
Term loan due 2022        
Debt Instrument        
Total long-term debt at face value   $ 488 $ 497  
Effective interest rate (as a percent)   2.86% 2.40%  
Foreign subsidiary obligations due 2018 through 2023        
Debt Instrument        
Total long-term debt at face value   $ 53 $ 20  
Effective interest rate (as a percent)   21.18% 22.39%  
Foreign subsidiaries | Uncommitted bank lines        
Debt Instrument        
Maximum capacity   $ 369    
South African Rand | Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank        
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   80    
Argentine pesos | Sugar        
Debt Instrument        
Short-term loan   32    
Argentine pesos | Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank        
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   15    
Zambian kwacha | Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank        
Debt Instrument        
Notes payable   $ 2