From what I've seen the price of pups depends on several factors. Who's sellin' em, who's buyin' em, and what the market is. Some are placed for free to the right home.

Back in the 1970s when I started with the dogs you could buy a well bred pup for anywhere from $125 to about $250-300. I bought my first bull pup bred down from the old Wise's Max/Red Devil lines for $125 from a newspaper ad. A few yrs later I bought a well bred pup from Howard Heinzl for $250.

Like all things pup prices went up over the years but one can still find a well bred pup for $800 to $1200. Considering the foolish prices for those "doodle" mixes ($3000 and up!) the prices for a pit bull pup are pretty reasonable. Compared to other breeds even a $1500 pup is not out of line if you want it, all depends on what a person wants to spend…