Tl;dr - 2nd cycle in a row with Basic Meds selling for ~ 4K Cr as opposed to 9K. Is this RNG or Frontier nerfing Basic Med Runs to Damaged Starports?

So with the most recent cycle update the only damaged starport is buying basic meds for 4.3K as opposed to a few weeks ago damaged starports and rescue ships buying the same material for 9K . I recall maybe two cycles ago the starport itself (forget the name) was buying the basic meds for 9.4K for a few days before selling at the same price as the rescue ship ~ 4.4K. But last week and this week Basic Medicines are only selling for ~ 4K.

My question is - is Frontier nerfing these basic med runs by reducing selling price or is it randomly chosen how much they will sell for? Personally i dont mind the drop too much as its still about 3mil profit per run and with my newly engineered FSD its one trip to restock and one trip to return and sell. But i do love the efficiency of making double that in the same amount of time. If they do nerf it is it still worthwhile to do these runs or should I go back to doing trade missions?