Stacks of Dancing Herbal Broth, Lucky Carrot Broth, and Mellow Bird Broth are all dirt cheap unless your server is really weird. The rest of the options aren't at Dollar Menu level but generally aren't that costly. Every single one of these options produces a monster more oriented towards dealing damage than Dipper Yuly, which is the only jug pet I'd say is expensive.

I'm not sure why you're complaining about the price when this job ability could potentially reduce or eliminate Beast Master's largest short-coming; the lack of any job ability or trait to greatly increase the damage of the master or the pet.