Community price on backpack.tf: 23.0–25.0 keys, last changed 2022-09-04 (4.1y ago). The live quote above, 23.1 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: $78.34 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-10 01:38 UTC (3d 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 23 keys, 6.11 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 El Jefe”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
42 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Bubbling El Jefe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-02: 42 observations, from 25.4 keys to 23.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.4 keys
19.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:12 UTC
25.4 keys
19.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:56 UTC
24.3 keys
20.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:42 UTC
23.1 keys
19.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:00 UTC
22.0 keys
19.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:00 UTC
25.1 keys
21.6 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:47 UTC
23.4 keys
20.1 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 11:34 UTC
22.5 keys
18.3 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 19:32 UTC
20.7 keys
17.6 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 23:23 UTC
20.7 keys
17.7 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 00:20 UTC
20.2 keys
17.9 keys
23 FEB 2026 · 02:40 UTC
20.8 keys
17.0 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:41 UTC
20.6 keys
16.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
20.4 keys
16.8 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
20.1 keys
16.6 keys
27 MAR 2026 · 00:06 UTC
21.6 keys
17.3 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
22.1 keys
17.9 keys
9 APR 2026 · 08:28 UTC
20.8 keys
17.9 keys
15 APR 2026 · 14:30 UTC
20.5 keys
17.7 keys
22 APR 2026 · 08:29 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
6 MAY 2026 · 06:30 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
20.7 keys
18.1 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 08:30 UTC
20.6 keys
18.0 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 12:29 UTC
20.0 keys
18.0 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 04:29 UTC
20.3 keys
18.2 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 04:30 UTC
20.0 keys
18.0 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 04:30 UTC
19.8 keys
17.8 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:10 UTC
20.5 keys
18.4 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
21.9 keys
19.0 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 17:11 UTC
20.8 keys
18.1 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
21.6 keys
18.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
22.3 keys
19.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
23.2 keys
20.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
23.6 keys
20.6 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
23.6 keys
20.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
23.6 keys
20.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
23.6 keys
20.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
18.2 keys
15.8 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
Price history in numbers
42 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling El Jefe's sell price ranged from 23.1 keys to 23.1 keys and is unchanged with no moves. Over a year it ranged from 18.2 keys to 25.1 keys (up 0.2%). Today's 23.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 18.2 keys (27 Aug 2026) and the highest 25.4 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 39 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.