Any old cheap stainless pot will work fine for boiling stock for soup opr water for pasta or corn. And you can get a pretty good quality stainless pot with a clad botton at a discount kitchen store.
I also have a huge Le Cruset pot....they are heavy but nothing is better for long slow cooking!
Linda C

Chantal makes a very good enameled stock pot that is heavy but not Le Crueset heavy and comes in lovely Chantal colors.

The 5 qt is listed at $100. Scroll down to see it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Chantal Cookware

I found a Le Creuset stockpot of enameled steel, at Tuesday Morning for $40. I love it, and it's much lighter than their cast iron (everything is lighter than their cast iron). It also works on my single induction top, my "fifth" burner, so I use it a lot.