You are semi close to me, and it is a breed I am desparatly interested in as well. There are a few breeders in Washinton, and their prices are not too crazy. I think show rabbits were $50, brood animals are a little less, and sports are even less.
I'm talking Standard Hotot. They also make a good meat and fur breed.
But I imagine that any stock around is pretty closely bred, so you may have to cull hard for good qualities, or even keep up spearate lines with them.