Gen III Hemi Prices

Is it just me or does it seem like Gen III Hemi's are still extremely expensive? I just looked at my local CL out of curiosity and all of the 5.7L Hemi's were $1500 minimum. I'd figure after being in production for 15 years in almost every car that Dodge/Ram/Chrysler offered that there would be enough out there to drive the prices down. It seems like you could buy a car with a Hemi in it for that price and scrap the unneeded parts to make the purchase cheaper.
to be honest, its due in part to the valve drop issue. A LOT of the hemi's from the gen 3 era, especially the pre-2009 are in the junkyard for destroyed engines after the valve seat dropped out.

And 1500 is a good price considering around here, they go for nearly twice that.