I swear, it seems like the big archery & archery accessory companies are trying to price the average joe out of the sport/lifestyle.
I still think the best carbon Trad arrow is the discontinued CX Terminator Hunter. They were reasonably priced, had good GPI weight, and were the toughest arrow I ever shot, bar none. I suppose that's why CX dropped them, to sell more of the expensive stuff.
I buy them where/when I find them and have a pretty good stash. I recently scored 2 dozen NIB for $112.50!!!
Another shaft/arrow thats good and still pretty reasonable are Cabelas Stalker Extremes (Beman ICS Hunters with a Cabelas logo). GPI is a bit light at 8.4 for the 5570 (400) shaft, but a guy can work with that...