This is where regionality comes into play: because I live in "beef country" ground beef is cheaper at my local grocer than ground turkey. Ground turkey is in lower demand, there are fewer turkey farms than cattle farms, there are more chicken farms but because the export of chickens pays better than the export of cows, ground chicken is also more expensive then ground beef. Applying that to reloading components is why powder, primers and bullets are harder to find and more expensive when found where I live than as reported by a plurality of other posters. Here's the kicker: while "cheap cuts" of beef around here are in the $3-$5/pound range, the more desirable cuts - filet, sirloin, flat iron, strip/eye/loin, even chuck roast - are in the $10-$12/pound range because the market for those cuts outside this area is paying better. Similarly, pork butts are cheap; pork loins are pricey. The locals export the choice parts for as much as they can get and leave the stuff "city folk" don't know about or don't want to us locals. Same for ammo - can't find .30-30, .357Magnum or .38Spl for under a buck-a-shot but 45¢/shot .40S&W and .22LR are already back on the shelves in abundance. Why is .40S&W the same price-point as .22LR? Beats me. Demand, maybe? I know there's folks out there already seeing 55¢ primers and $29/pound powders locally but not here. Regionality, just like gas, housing and food.
