Community price on backpack.tf: 27.0 keys, last changed 2025-04-10 (1.5y ago). The live quote above, 26.2 keys, is 3% lower and last moved 11d 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: $81.56 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Smoking 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 26 keys, 12 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
119 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.
Smoking El Jefe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 119 observations, from 27.4 keys to 27.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
27.4 keys
22.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:42 UTC
24.9 keys
22.4 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 16:31 UTC
26.0 keys
21.3 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
26.4 keys
23.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 04:30 UTC
26.1 keys
23.3 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
27.0 keys
23.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
29.7 keys
25.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 03:04 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
17.4 keys
15.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
24.2 keys
21.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.0 keys
21.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
25.1 keys
21.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
25.4 keys
22.1 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.1 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
25.7 keys
22.4 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.7 keys
22.3 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.7 keys
22.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 10:10 UTC
26.2 keys
22.8 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
26.3 keys
22.8 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
26.4 keys
23.0 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
26.5 keys
23.1 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
26.5 keys
23.0 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
26.3 keys
22.9 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 00:08 UTC
26.2 keys
22.8 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
27.0 keys
23.5 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
27.1 keys
23.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
27.1 keys
23.6 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
27.1 keys
23.6 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
27.1 keys
23.6 keys
Price history in numbers
119 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking El Jefe's sell price ranged from 25.5 keys to 27.1 keys and is up 6.3% after 57 moves. Over a year it ranged from 16.9 keys to 31.2 keys (up 8.6%). Today's 27.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 16.9 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 31.2 keys (11 Aug 2026). The price has moved 117 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.