Springdale-based Tyson Foods was in 2019 king of the nation’s broiler production with 200.47 million pounds of ready-to-cook chicken produced each week. Tyson Foods slaughtered 38.3 million chicken a week at an average weight of 6 pounds, according to WattAgNet’s annual survey.
The closest to Tyson Foods by weekly production is Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., based in Greely, Colo., and a subsidiary of JBS. Pilgrim’s reports 160.04 million pounds of ready-to-cook chicken going to market each week. Pilgrim’s slaughters an average of 30.3 million chickens each week at an average bird weight of 5.78 pounds.
Tyson Foods the largest U.S. chicken processor in 2019; George's ranked 9th - Talk Business & Politics
Springdale-based Tyson Foods was in 2019 king of the nation's broiler production with 200.47 million pounds of ready-to-cook chicken produced each week. Tyson Foods slaughtered 38.3 million chicken a week at an average weight of 6 pounds, according to WattAgNet's annual survey.