FORM S-8

      REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            IBP, inc.


               DELAWARE                     42-0838666
        
   

    Highway 35 North                     68731-0515
  Dakota City, Nebraska
                                                                          

         
                    IBP 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN



                        LONNIE O. GRIGSBY
                         General Counsel
                            IBP, inc.
                        Highway 35 North
                 Dakota City, Nebraska 68731-0515
                         (402) 241-3004





                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

                             Proposed       Proposed
  Title of                   Maximum        Maximum
  securities    Amount       Offering       Aggregate        Amount of
  to be         to be        Price Per      Offering         Registration
  Registered    Registered   Share*         Price*           Fee
________________________________________________________________________




  Common Stock,
  par value       1,950,000
  $.05 per share   shares     $25.625       $49,968,750        $17,230.62 
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
* For purposes of calculation of registration fee only; pursuant to Rule 
457(h), calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices for
the Common Stock, par value $.05 per share, of issure, on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape for January 11, 1994.  (Calculation table on page 
16)


Indemnification of Directors and Officers. . . . . . .  2-3

Undertakings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-5

Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-6

Exhibit Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7   

                   INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     The following documents, which have been filed by IBP with the
Commission, are incorporated by reference in this S-8 Registration
Statement:

     1.   IBP's Annual Report to stockholder, which is incorporated
          by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
          fiscal year ending December 26, 1992 filed pursuant to
          Section 13(a) or 15(d).
     2.   All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Exchange Act by IBP since December 26, 1992.
     3.   The description of IBP's securities contained in IBP's
          Registration Statement on Form 10(No.1-6058) filed with
          the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
          Act, including any other amendment or report filed for
          the purpose of updating such description.
     4.   All documents subsequently filed by IBP pursuant to
          Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
          prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
          indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
          which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
          shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
          Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
          date of filing of such documents.  


                       EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     The legality of the common stock offered hereby under the Plan
has been passed upon by L. O. Grigsby, General Counsel for IBP, who
is eligible for awards pursuant to the Plan. 

     The consolidated financial statements of IBP and its
consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 26, 1992, 
which is  incorporated  by  reference in this  Registration 
Statement, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
Price Waterhouse or Deloitte & Touche, independent public
accountants, as indicated in the Annual Report, and are
incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of
said firms as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said
reports.<PAGE>
     The reports of independent public accountants relating to the
audited financial statements and financial statement schedules of
IBP in any documents filed by IBP pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, to the extent
covered by consents thereto filed with the Commission, will be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement in
reliance upon the authority of such independent public accountants
as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports to the
extent that firm has examined those financial statements and
financial statement schedules and consented to the use of their
reports thereon. 


            INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the
By-laws of IBP provide for the indemnification of directors and
officers under certain conditions. In addition, the directors and
officers of IBP are insured under certain insurance policies
insuring them against claims made during periods of the policies
and against liabilities arising from such claims for certain
wrongful acts in their capacities as directors and/or officers and
for which they are not indemnified by IBP.  

     Upon receiving the approval of IBP's stockholders on September
17, 1987, IBP's Certificate of Incorporation was amended to
implement the provisions of Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), which Section permits
corporations to adopt charter provisions which limit or eliminate
personal liability of directors for certain breaches of their 
fiduciary duties.  IBP's directors do not have personal liability
to IBP or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except: (i) for any breach of the
duty of loyalty to IBP or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) for liability under
Section 174 of the DGCL (involving certain unlawful payment of 
dividends, stock repurchases or stock redemptions); or (iv) for any
transaction from which the directors derive an improper personal
benefit.  Except as described in the proceeding sentence, a 
director does not have any liability arising out of actions
involving negligence or gross negligence, including actions in
response to acquisition proposals.  

     IBP's Board of Directors voted on September 16, 1987 and its
stockholders voted on September 17, 1987 to authorize IBP to enter
into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers.  Upon receiving such authorization, indemnification
agreements were entered into with certain of IBP's directors and
officers.  Such indemnification agreements provide, among other
things, for (i) indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by
law against any and all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement of any claim against a director unless it is
determined, as provided in the indemnification agreement, that
indemnification is not permitted under law; (ii) the prompt
advancement of expenses to any director in connection with his or
her defense against any threatened or pending claim; (iii) the
creation of a trust in the event of potential change of control to
provide a source of a payment of indemnification obligations of
IBP; and (iv) a provision that no legal action be brought and no
cause of action asserted against a director by or on behalf of IBP
after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of accrual of 
such cause of action.  Similar indemnification agreements may from
time to time be entered into with officers of IBP or certain other
employees or agents of IBP.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons
controlling IBP pursuant to the foregoing provisions, IBP has been
informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceful.


                          UNDERTAKINGS

     Pursuant to Regulation 512(a),(b),(e), and (h) the undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:

     (a)  (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
               are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
               Registration Statement:

               (i)       To include any prospectus required by
                         Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
                         1933;
                              (ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                         events arising after the effective date
                         of the Registration Statement (or the
                         most recent post-effective amendment
                         thereof) which, individually or in the 
                         aggregate, represent a fundamental change
                         in the information set forth in the
                         Registration Statement;
                              (iii)To include any material information with
                         respect to the plan of distribution not
                         previously disclosed in the Registration
                         Statement  or any material  change to
                         such information in the Registration
                         Statement;

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), and (a)(1)(ii),
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 

15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.

               (2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability
               under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-
effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
               registration statement relating to the securities
               offered therein, and the offering of such
               securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
               initial bona fide offering thereof.

               (3)To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being
               registered which remain unsold at the termination
               of the offering.

     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
          purposes of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
          annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
          applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan's
          annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
          in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
          registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
          thereof.

     (e)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver
          or cause to be delivered with the Prospectus, to each
          person to whom the Prospectus is sent or given, the
          latest Annual Report to security holders that is
          incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and furnished
          pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
          Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
          and, where interim financial information required to be
          presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set
          forth in the Prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be
          delivered to each person to whom the Prospectus is sent
          or given, the latest quarterly report that is
          specifically incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
          to provide such interim financial information.

     (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
          the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
          officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
          registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
          Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
          is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
          therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
          indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
          payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
          a director, officer or controlling person of the
          registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
          or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
          controlling person in connection with the securities
          being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
          opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
          controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
          will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for the filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of Dakota City, State of Nebraska, on January 13, 1994.  

                   IBP, inc.
                   /s/ Robert L. Peterson 
                   ----------------------------------          	        
                   Robert L. Peterson 
                   Chairman of the Board of Directors
                   and Chief Executive Officer


					Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert L. Peterson and Lonnie O. Grigsby his/her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 


        Signature               Title                      Date



/s/  Robert L. Peterson       Chairman of the Board,        
- -----------------------       President, Chief              1/13/94
                              Executive Officer, Director 
                              (principal executive officer)

/s/  Lonnie O. Grigsby        Executive Vice President  
- ----------------------        Finance & Administration,      
                              Principal Financial Officer,
                              General Counsel               1/13/94        
                                                                       
/s/  Craig J. Hart            Controller                    1/13/94             
_____________________

    
/s/  Perry V. Haines          Executive Vice President,
- ----------------------        Director                      12/17/93

/s/  Eugene D. Leman          Executive Vice President
- ----------------------        of Pork, Director              1/13/94

/s/  John S. Chalsty          Director
- ----------------------                                      12/16/93

/s/  Alec P. Courtelis        Director
______________________                                      12/16/93

/s/  Wendy L. Gramm           Director
- ----------------------                                      12/30/93
         
/s/  JoAnn R. Smith           Director
- ---------------------                                       12/16/93

/s/  Dale C. Tinstman         Director
- ---------------------                                       12/14/93



                          EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NUMBER                  DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTPAGE

             5          Opinion Regarding Legality     9

See Exhibit  5          Consent of Legal Counsel       9

            23          Consents of Independent 
                        Accountants                   11

            27          Financial Data Schedule       14

See Signature
    Page                Power of Attorney              5

            99          Additional Exhibit - 
                        Calculation of Fees           16

               
                                                                           


















                            EXHIBIT 5

January 13, 1994


IBP, inc.
P.O. Box 515
Dakota City, NE  68731-0515

RE:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            I am the General Counsel of IBP, inc., a Delaware
Corporation (the "Company") and have acted as Counsel to the
Company in connection with the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, of an aggregate of 1,950,000 shares of its
common stock, par value five cents per share (the "Shares"),
issuable pursuant to awards made under the IBP 1993 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan").  

            For purposes of this opinion, I have examined such
matters of law and originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records
and other instruments as I have deemed necessary.  In my                  
examination, I have assumed the genuiness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as
certified photostatic or conformed copies, and the authenticity of
the originals of all such latter documents.  I have also assumed
the due execution and delivery of all documents where execution and
delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.

            Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
shares when issued and delivered in accordance with the Plan will
be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 

            I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to my
name under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement.  In
giving the opinion and consent I do not admit that I am an expert
with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the
meaning of the term "expert" as used in Section 11 in the
Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (collectively,
the "Act"), nor do I admit that I am in the category of persons
whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.  

                                                                     
Sincerely,

                                                               
Lonnie O. Grigsby
- ----------------------                                                        



























                           EXHIBIT 23
 


                                                       EXHIBIT 23



               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the IBP 1993 Stock
Option Plan, of our report dated February 5, 1993, which appears on
page 8 of the 1992 Annual Report to Stockholders of IBP, inc.,
which is incorporated by reference in IBP's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 26, 1992.  We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement
Schedules, which appears on page 15 of such Annual Report on Form
10-K.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts and Counsel" in such Registration Statement.


/s/  Price Waterhouse
___________________________
       PRICE WATERHOUSE

Chicago, Illinois
January 13, 1994



                                                       Exhibit 23




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of IBP, inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our reports
dated February 7, 1992, appearing in and incorporated by reference
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of IBP, inc. and subsidiaries for
the year ended December 31, 1991 and to the reference to us under
the heading "Experts and Counsel" in the Prospectus, which is part
of this Registration Statement.



/s/  Deloitte & Touche
______________________________
     Deloitte & Touche

Lincoln, Nebraska
December 22, 1993
<PAGE>























                           EXHIBIT 27

<PAGE>
                     FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE


     The following documents, which have been filed by IBP using
the EDGAR system, are incorporated by reference in this S-8
Registration Statement:

     (1)  IBP's Form 10-Q filed for the second and third quarters
          of Fiscal Year 1993.

     (2)  All other subsequent reports, pursuant to Section 13 or
          15(d), filed on the EDGAR filing system.

<PAGE>























                           EXHIBIT 99

<PAGE>
                       CALCULATION OF FEE


Number of Shares                           1,950,000

     (times)                               X  
Offering Price                                                   
Rule 457(h) - calculation
is based on the average of
the high and low prices of the
Common Stock for one day on the            $ 25.625
New York Stock Exchange Composite
Tape For January 11, 1994 Low              ==================
25 1/2, High 25 3/4)

Aggregate Offering Amount                  $ 49,968,750

     (times)                               X                       

Fee Charge Pursuant to Section 
6(b) of the Securities Act is              .000344828
1/29 of 1% of the Aggregate 
Offering Amount
                                                                            
                                           ==================

FEE                                        $ 17,230.62
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FORM S-8

      REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            IBP, inc.

               DELAWARE                     42-0838666
        
   

    Highway 35 North                     68731-0515
  Dakota City, Nebraska
                                                                          

         
                    IBP 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                        LONNIE O. GRIGSBY
                         General Counsel
                            IBP, inc.
                        Highway 35 North
                 Dakota City, Nebraska 68731-0515
                         (402) 241-3004

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

                             Proposed       Proposed
  Title of                   Maximum        Maximum
  securities    Amount       Offering       Aggregate        Amount of
  to be         to be        Price Per      Offering         Registration
  Registered    Registered   Share*         Price*           Fee
________________________________________________________________________

  Common Stock,
  par value       1,950,000
  $.05 per share   shares     $25.625       $49,968,750        $17,230.62 
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
* For purposes of calculation of registration fee only; pursuant to Rule 
457(h), calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices for
the Common Stock, par value $.05 per share, of issure, on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape for January 11, 1994.  (Calculation table on page 
16)

Indemnification of Directors and Officers. . . . . . .  2-3

Undertakings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-5

Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-6

Exhibit Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7   

                   INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     The following documents, which have been filed by IBP with the
Commission, are incorporated by reference in this S-8 Registration
Statement:

     1.   IBP's Annual Report to stockholder, which is incorporated
          by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
          fiscal year ending December 26, 1992 filed pursuant to
          Section 13(a) or 15(d).
     2.   All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Exchange Act by IBP since December 26, 1992.
     3.   The description of IBP's securities contained in IBP's
          Registration Statement on Form 10(No.1-6058) filed with
          the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
          Act, including any other amendment or report filed for
          the purpose of updating such description.
     4.   All documents subsequently filed by IBP pursuant to
          Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
          prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
          indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
          which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
          shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
          Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
          date of filing of such documents.  

                       EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     The legality of the common stock offered hereby under the Plan
has been passed upon by L. O. Grigsby, General Counsel for IBP, who
is eligible for awards pursuant to the Plan. 

     The consolidated financial statements of IBP and its
consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 26, 1992, 
which is  incorporated  by  reference in this  Registration 
Statement, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
Price Waterhouse or Deloitte & Touche, independent public
accountants, as indicated in the Annual Report, and are
incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of
said firms as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said
reports.
The reports of independent public accountants relating to the
audited financial statements and financial statement schedules of
IBP in any documents filed by IBP pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, to the extent
covered by consents thereto filed with the Commission, will be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement in
reliance upon the authority of such independent public accountants
as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports to the
extent that firm has examined those financial statements and
financial statement schedules and consented to the use of their
reports thereon. 

            INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the
By-laws of IBP provide for the indemnification of directors and
officers under certain conditions. In addition, the directors and
officers of IBP are insured under certain insurance policies
insuring them against claims made during periods of the policies
and against liabilities arising from such claims for certain
wrongful acts in their capacities as directors and/or officers and
for which they are not indemnified by IBP.  

     Upon receiving the approval of IBP's stockholders on September
17, 1987, IBP's Certificate of Incorporation was amended to
implement the provisions of Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), which Section permits
corporations to adopt charter provisions which limit or eliminate
personal liability of directors for certain breaches of their 
fiduciary duties.  IBP's directors do not have personal liability
to IBP or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except: (i) for any breach of the
duty of loyalty to IBP or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) for liability under
Section 174 of the DGCL (involving certain unlawful payment of 
dividends, stock repurchases or stock redemptions); or (iv) for any
transaction from which the directors derive an improper personal
benefit.  Except as described in the proceeding sentence, a 
director does not have any liability arising out of actions
involving negligence or gross negligence, including actions in
response to acquisition proposals.  

     IBP's Board of Directors voted on September 16, 1987 and its
stockholders voted on September 17, 1987 to authorize IBP to enter
into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers.  Upon receiving such authorization, indemnification
agreements were entered into with certain of IBP's directors and
officers.  Such indemnification agreements provide, among other
things, for (i) indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by
law against any and all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement of any claim against a director unless it is
determined, as provided in the indemnification agreement, that
indemnification is not permitted under law; (ii) the prompt
advancement of expenses to any director in connection with his or
her defense against any threatened or pending claim; (iii) the
creation of a trust in the event of potential change of control to
provide a source of a payment of indemnification obligations of
IBP; and (iv) a provision that no legal action be brought and no
cause of action asserted against a director by or on behalf of IBP
after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of accrual of 
such cause of action.  Similar indemnification agreements may from
time to time be entered into with officers of IBP or certain other
employees or agents of IBP.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons
controlling IBP pursuant to the foregoing provisions, IBP has been
informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceful.

                          UNDERTAKINGS

     Pursuant to Regulation 512(a),(b),(e), and (h) the undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:

     (a)  (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
               are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
               Registration Statement:

               (i)       To include any prospectus required by
                         Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
                         1933;
                              (ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                         events arising after the effective date
                         of the Registration Statement (or the
                         most recent post-effective amendment
                         thereof) which, individually or in the 
                         aggregate, represent a fundamental change
                         in the information set forth in the
                         Registration Statement;
                              (iii)To include any material information with
                         respect to the plan of distribution not
                         previously disclosed in the Registration
                         Statement  or any material  change to
                         such information in the Registration
                         Statement;

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), and (a)(1)(ii),
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 

15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.

               (2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability
               under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-
effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
               registration statement relating to the securities
               offered therein, and the offering of such
               securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
               initial bona fide offering thereof.

               (3)To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being
               registered which remain unsold at the termination
               of the offering.

     (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
          purposes of determining any liability under the
          Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
          annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
          applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan's
          annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
          in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
          registration statement relating to the securities offered
          therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
          thereof.

     (e)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver
          or cause to be delivered with the Prospectus, to each
          person to whom the Prospectus is sent or given, the
          latest Annual Report to security holders that is
          incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and furnished
          pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
          Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
          and, where interim financial information required to be
          presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set
          forth in the Prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be
          delivered to each person to whom the Prospectus is sent
          or given, the latest quarterly report that is
          specifically incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
          to provide such interim financial information.

     (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
          the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
          officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
          registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
          Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
          is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
          therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
          indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
          payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
          a director, officer or controlling person of the
          registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
          or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
          controlling person in connection with the securities
          being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
          opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
          controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
          will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for the filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of Dakota City, State of Nebraska, on January 13, 1994.  

                   IBP, inc.
                   /s/ Robert L. Peterson 
                   ----------------------------------          	        
                   Robert L. Peterson 
                   Chairman of the Board of Directors
                   and Chief Executive Officer

					Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert L. Peterson and Lonnie O. Grigsby his/her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

        Signature               Title                      Date

/s/  Robert L. Peterson       Chairman of the Board,        
- -----------------------       President, Chief              1/13/94
                              Executive Officer, Director 
                              (principal executive officer)

/s/  Lonnie O. Grigsby        Executive Vice President  
- ----------------------        Finance & Administration,      
                              Principal Financial Officer,
                              General Counsel               1/13/94        
                                                                       
/s/  Craig J. Hart            Controller                    1/13/94             
_____________________

    
/s/  Perry V. Haines          Executive Vice President,
- ----------------------        Director                      12/17/93

/s/  Eugene D. Leman          Executive Vice President
- ----------------------        of Pork, Director              1/13/94

/s/  John S. Chalsty          Director
- ----------------------                                      12/16/93

/s/  Alec P. Courtelis        Director
______________________                                      12/16/93

/s/  Wendy L. Gramm           Director
- ----------------------                                      12/30/93
         
/s/  JoAnn R. Smith           Director
- ---------------------                                       12/16/93

/s/  Dale C. Tinstman         Director
- ---------------------                                       12/14/93

                          EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER                  DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTPAGE

             5          Opinion Regarding Legality     9

See Exhibit  5          Consent of Legal Counsel       9

            23          Consents of Independent 
                        Accountants                   11

            27          Financial Data Schedule       14

See Signature
    Page                Power of Attorney              5

            99          Additional Exhibit - 
                        Calculation of Fees           16

               
                                                                           

                            EXHIBIT 5

January 13, 1994

IBP, inc.
P.O. Box 515
Dakota City, NE  68731-0515

RE:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            I am the General Counsel of IBP, inc., a Delaware
Corporation (the "Company") and have acted as Counsel to the
Company in connection with the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, of an aggregate of 1,950,000 shares of its
common stock, par value five cents per share (the "Shares"),
issuable pursuant to awards made under the IBP 1993 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan").  

            For purposes of this opinion, I have examined such
matters of law and originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records
and other instruments as I have deemed necessary.  In my                  
examination, I have assumed the genuiness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as
certified photostatic or conformed copies, and the authenticity of
the originals of all such latter documents.  I have also assumed
the due execution and delivery of all documents where execution and
delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.

            Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
shares when issued and delivered in accordance with the Plan will
be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 

            I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to my
name under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement.  In
giving the opinion and consent I do not admit that I am an expert
with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the
meaning of the term "expert" as used in Section 11 in the
Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (collectively,
the "Act"), nor do I admit that I am in the category of persons
whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.  

                                                                     
Sincerely,

                                                               
Lonnie O. Grigsby
- ----------------------                                                        

                           EXHIBIT 23
 

                                                       EXHIBIT 23

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the IBP 1993 Stock
Option Plan, of our report dated February 5, 1993, which appears on
page 8 of the 1992 Annual Report to Stockholders of IBP, inc.,
which is incorporated by reference in IBP's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 26, 1992.  We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement
Schedules, which appears on page 15 of such Annual Report on Form
10-K.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts and Counsel" in such Registration Statement.

/s/  Price Waterhouse
___________________________
       PRICE WATERHOUSE

Chicago, Illinois
January 13, 1994

                                                       Exhibit 23

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of IBP, inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our reports
dated February 7, 1992, appearing in and incorporated by reference
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of IBP, inc. and subsidiaries for
the year ended December 31, 1991 and to the reference to us under
the heading "Experts and Counsel" in the Prospectus, which is part
of this Registration Statement.

/s/  Deloitte & Touche
______________________________
     Deloitte & Touche

Lincoln, Nebraska
December 22, 1993
EXHIBIT 27
FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

     The following documents, which have been filed by IBP using
the EDGAR system, are incorporated by reference in this S-8
Registration Statement:

     (1)  IBP's Form 10-Q filed for the second and third quarters
          of Fiscal Year 1993.

     (2)  All other subsequent reports, pursuant to Section 13 or
          15(d), filed on the EDGAR filing system.
EXHIBIT 99
CALCULATION OF FEE

Number of Shares                           1,950,000

     (times)                               X  
Offering Price                                                   
Rule 457(h) - calculation
is based on the average of
the high and low prices of the
Common Stock for one day on the            $ 25.625
New York Stock Exchange Composite
Tape For January 11, 1994 Low              ==================
25 1/2, High 25 3/4)

Aggregate Offering Amount                  $ 49,968,750

     (times)                               X                       

Fee Charge Pursuant to Section 
6(b) of the Securities Act is              .000344828
1/29 of 1% of the Aggregate 
Offering Amount
                                                                            
                                           ==================

FEE                                        $ 17,230.62