Community price on backpack.tf: 55.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-11 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 41.6 keys, is 24% lower and last moved 19d 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: $138.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:33 UTC (6h 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 41 keys, 40.88 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 Crustaceous Cowl”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
139 observations
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Steaming Crustaceous Cowl sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 139 observations, from 56.1 keys to 26.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
56.1 keys
45.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:23 UTC
47.7 keys
42.9 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 02:58 UTC
50.4 keys
18.2 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
24.8 keys
21.6 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
29.9 keys
25.9 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
31.2 keys
27.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
31.0 keys
26.9 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
28.9 keys
25.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
31.3 keys
27.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
29.8 keys
25.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
30.4 keys
26.4 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:10 UTC
32.3 keys
28.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:10 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
30.0 keys
26.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
30.6 keys
26.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
27.1 keys
23.6 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
27.1 keys
23.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
29.9 keys
26.0 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
30.9 keys
26.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
28.8 keys
25.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
32.8 keys
28.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
27.6 keys
24.0 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
27.7 keys
24.0 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
28.6 keys
24.9 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
28.7 keys
25.0 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:10 UTC
30.4 keys
26.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
27.2 keys
23.7 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
28.7 keys
25.0 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
30.2 keys
26.3 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
30.9 keys
26.9 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
32.1 keys
27.9 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
32.9 keys
28.6 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
36.2 keys
31.5 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
36.9 keys
32.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 14:10 UTC
39.6 keys
34.5 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
41.6 keys
36.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
41.1 keys
35.7 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
42.5 keys
37.0 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
Price history in numbers
139 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Crustaceous Cowl's sell price ranged from 26.0 keys to 42.6 keys and is down 4.9% after 43 moves. Over a year it ranged from 24.8 keys to 56.0 keys (down 47.9%). Today's 26.0 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 24.8 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 56.1 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 138 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.