iirc, Loomis and Penley quit about the same time. I was picking up shafts from both for around $10-15, driver/fw shafts. Loomis came back with those 'team' logo shafts and they were high as hell. Around $100 or so. As much as I loved their former shafts, no way in hell was I paying that, so have never had another Loomis.
Penley has done the same thing with their prices. And haven't had one of theirs for years either.
customgolfcenter but also wants the vibration-dampening properties of graphite
At weights above 100 gr., I doubt there is much difference than using steel. I used to have some Aldila shafts that were 100+ gr. and they were very stiff, even in R/flex. Even soft-stepping them did not help; felt like steel to me.