Well yeah, Collin, that all sounds about right.
You do see alot more rough than crystals, and yes, good specimens are going to cost some. Seems like there was a shortage of the rough 3 or 4 years ago and the price for it shot thru the roof. Now you can prices all over the place, but it does seem like "quality" is an important factor. Which is a good thing.
As far as a nice crystal specimen goes, it ought to be real fun shopping! Real "crystal clean" specimens are really rare because the rutile itself creates veils and fractures for the quartz. And, of course, most of the time the bigger they get, the more "unattractive" they get.
Like the one pictured below. Several of the cabs pictured above came from the missing center section of the really large crystal end pieces. The base piece on the left is full of rutile, but the crystal was basically "good" cutting material. Not very showy. And it is only "good" quality. and not "great" because of how cloudy it is.
The pieces behind the crystals are some tumbled rough John did. I'd say average to above average in size for rough pieces.
Like I say it would be fun to go shopping. The ones with the circular spays coming out of a nice chunk of silvery hematite are real nice.