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Notes Payable, Long-term Debt, Commitments and Contingencies (Details)
$ in Millions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
USD ($)
item
Dec. 31, 2017
USD ($)
Sep. 19, 2012
item
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding $ 198    
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.25%    
Total long-term debt at face value $ 546 $ 536  
Current maturities of long-term debt and unamortized discount (24) (54)  
Long-term debt, less current maturities and unamortized discount $ 522 482  
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    
Notes payable to bank      
Debt Instrument      
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent) 9.57%    
Uncommitted bank lines      
Debt Instrument      
Maximum capacity $ 568    
Letters of credit outstanding 23    
Term loan due 2022      
Debt Instrument      
Total long-term debt at face value $ 481 $ 484  
Effective interest rate (as a percent) 3.50% 3.20%  
Foreign subsidiary obligations due 2018 through 2023      
Debt Instrument      
Total long-term debt at face value $ 65 $ 52  
Effective interest rate (as a percent) 7.43% 21.80%  
Wells Fargo | Committed bank line      
Debt Instrument      
Maximum capacity $ 100    
Outstanding balance $ 30    
Foreign subsidiaries | Mimran      
Debt Instrument      
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.25%    
Total long-term debt at face value $ 48    
Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank      
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding 198    
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)   10.48%  
Foreign subsidiaries | Uncommitted bank lines      
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding 136    
Maximum capacity 483    
Foreign subsidiaries | South African Rand | Notes payable to bank      
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding 75    
Foreign subsidiaries | Argentine pesos | Notes payable to bank      
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding 33    
Foreign subsidiaries | Zambian kwacha | Notes payable to bank      
Debt Instrument      
Notes payable outstanding $ 9