# This Is What You Call A Collapse | Chicken Prices Plummet - Market Trends with Tracy

> Chicken prices fell sharply in the week reported, with wings, breasts and tenders all lower for the following week. Production stayed strong while demand weakened, and egg placements and hatch rates rose. Bird flu reports added 18 detections, with 168,000 birds removed and 47.7 million birds affected so far this year.

- Date: 2022-10-21 · published 2022-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39299-this-is-what-you-call-a-collapse-chicken-prices-plummet-market-trends-with-tracy
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Weak chicken demand and heavy production pressure poultry prices, which can reduce producer margins and dampen near-term buying of poultry feed.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- castro.fm: https://castro.fm/episode/2SUwIr

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