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Notes Payable, Long-term Debt, Commitments and Contingencies (Details)
$ in Millions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2018
item
May 15, 2018
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2018
USD ($)
item
Dec. 31, 2017
USD ($)
Sep. 19, 2012
item
Debt Instrument          
Total long-term debt at face value     $ 533 $ 536  
Current maturities of long-term debt and unamortized discount     (25) (54)  
Long-term debt, less current maturities and unamortized discount     508 482  
Contingencies          
Assets     $ 5,176 $ 5,161  
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    
Pork Product Purchasers | Pending Litigation          
Contingencies          
Number of plaintiffs | item 11        
Cereoil Bankruptcy Trustee - Case One | Pending Litigation          
Contingencies          
Damages sought     $ 22    
Cereoil          
Contingencies          
Percentage of ownership     45.00%    
Cereoil | Cereoil Bankruptcy Trustee - Case Two | Pending Litigation          
Contingencies          
Damages sought     $ 23    
Liabilities     53    
Assets     30    
Nolston          
Contingencies          
Percentage of ownership   45.00%      
Nolston | Nolston Bankruptcy Trustee | Pending Litigation          
Contingencies          
Damages sought   $ 14      
Liabilities   29      
Assets   $ 15      
Notes payable to bank          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     $ 141    
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)     14.95% 10.48%  
Uncommitted bank lines          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     $ 141    
Maximum capacity     550    
Letters of credit outstanding     23    
Committed bank line          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     0    
Maximum capacity     100    
Term loan due 2022          
Debt Instrument          
Total long-term debt at face value     $ 478 $ 484  
Effective interest rate (as a percent)     3.72% 3.20%  
Foreign subsidiary obligations due 2019 through 2023          
Debt Instrument          
Total long-term debt at face value     $ 55 $ 52  
Effective interest rate (as a percent)     4.35% 21.80%  
Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank | Denominated in South African Rand          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     $ 83    
Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank | Denominated in Argentine pesos          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     32    
Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank | Denominated in Canadian dollars          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     21    
Foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank | Denominated in Zambian kwacha          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     4    
Foreign subsidiaries | Uncommitted bank lines          
Debt Instrument          
Maximum capacity     $ 465    
Foreign subsidiaries | Mimran | Denominated in Euros          
Debt Instrument          
Interest rate (as a percent)     3.25%    
Total long-term debt at face value     $ 45    
Not foreign subsidiaries | Notes payable to bank          
Debt Instrument          
Notes payable outstanding     $ 1