(Corrects first and third paragraphs to show that the settlements cover three groups of plaintiffs, not two; deletes reference in sixth paragraph to settlement terms not being disclosed)

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc said on Wednesday it would pay $221.5 million to settle a price-fixing litigation with three groups of plaintiffs accusing it of illegally conspiring to inflate prices in the $65 billion chicken industry.

The amount will be reflected in its first-quarter statements, the company said in a regulatory filing. (https://bit.ly/3irbA5a)

Settlements with so-called "end-user" consumers and with more than 30 commercial purchasers were disclosed in filings on Tuesday in the federal court of Chicago.

Eight days ago, Tyson agreed to settle related antitrust claims by purchasers who bought chickens directly from the Springdale, Arkansas-based company.

Tyson has also faced price-fixing claims by large restaurant and supermarket operators such as Chick-fil-A, Kroger Co and Walmart Inc.

Court approvals are required.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp, owned mainly by Brazil's JBS SA, agreed on Jan. 11 to pay $75 million to settle claims by direct purchasers of chickens.

Restaurants, supermarkets, food distributors and consumers accused chicken producers of having conspired since 2008 to inflate chicken prices, through tactics such as restricting production and sharing nonpublic data about supply and demand.

Perdue Farms Inc and Sanderson Farms Inc are among the other defendants in the litigation, which began in 2016. A few smaller producers have settled related claims.

The U.S. Department of Justice last year filed criminal price-fixing and bid-rigging charges in Denver against 10 poultry industry executives. All have pleaded not guilty.

The case is In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, No. 16-08637.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York and Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Marguerita Choy, Grant McCool and Amy Caren Daniel)