Community price on backpack.tf: 37.0–44.0 keys, last changed 2023-09-22 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 40.3 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 13d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $128.56 — the lowest of one listing for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:36 UTC (5h ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 40 keys, 16.66 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Cotton Head”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
94 observations
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Cloud 9 Cotton Head sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 94 observations, from 45.9 keys to 41.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
45.9 keys
31.7 keys
5 OCT 2025 · 22:16 UTC
51.0 keys
42.4 keys
26 OCT 2025 · 14:01 UTC
46.1 keys
32.2 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 22:27 UTC
44.8 keys
13.7 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:54 UTC
46.3 keys
37.7 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 02:42 UTC
48.1 keys
39.8 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 18:50 UTC
46.0 keys
34.2 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 07:44 UTC
41.7 keys
36.3 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:44 UTC
39.2 keys
35.8 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
40.7 keys
37.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 14:42 UTC
41.7 keys
30.7 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 00:08 UTC
44.3 keys
37.1 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
44.7 keys
27.1 keys
29 APR 2026 · 06:29 UTC
43.2 keys
28.5 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
44.3 keys
35.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 04:30 UTC
44.2 keys
32.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
43.0 keys
32.0 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
38.5 keys
32.0 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 12:44 UTC
38.5 keys
33.5 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 10:24 UTC
41.4 keys
36.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
41.1 keys
35.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
41.4 keys
36.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
40.6 keys
35.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
42.0 keys
36.6 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
42.9 keys
37.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
44.4 keys
38.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
45.9 keys
39.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
48.5 keys
42.2 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
48.2 keys
41.9 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
40.3 keys
35.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 02:11 UTC
40.9 keys
35.6 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
41.1 keys
35.8 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
40.3 keys
35.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
41.2 keys
35.8 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
41.2 keys
35.8 keys
Price history in numbers
94 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Cotton Head's sell price ranged from 40.3 keys to 41.5 keys and is up 1.8% after 15 moves. Over a year it ranged from 36.5 keys to 52.4 keys (down 16.1%). Today's 41.2 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 36.5 keys (12 Jul 2026) and the highest 52.4 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 93 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.