Fairbanks is not a cheap place to shop, but in general I was seeing $35 or so for a box of 50 cowboy loads and $45-50 for a box of 50 tier I loads with cast bullets, summer 2012.
You probably want to stick with tier I loads (14,000psi max) in your Cimarron. Tier II is 20k psi, ruger new vaquero, some of the SWs and similar. Tier III, 32k psi, Redhawk, Blackhawk, Contender and similar.
FWIW I can buy 100 pieces of brass for $40, 1 pound of powder for $25 (enough for 1000 loads), 1000 primers for $35 and 1000 bullets 200-230-250 grain for about $125, so 1000 tier I rounds for $225 plus my time.
$50 for a box of 50 (20 boxes) that same 1000 rounds would be "about" $1000. The difference ($1000 -$225 = $775) would pay for a very nice entry level reloading setup, your actual break-even point would be somewhere around 800-900 rounds.
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