Community price on backpack.tf: 370 keys, last changed 2024-11-21 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 299 keys, is 19% lower 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: $1051.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-10-08 01:23 UTC (5d 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 299 keys, 3.55 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 Head Prize”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
22 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.
Nuts n' Bolts Head Prize sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-30: 22 observations, from 375 keys to 299 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
375 keys
307 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:44 UTC
374 keys
306 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:23 UTC
358 keys
322 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:13 UTC
340 keys
306 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:33 UTC
324 keys
291 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:33 UTC
344 keys
310 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 07:13 UTC
285 keys
248 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
240 keys
209 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
282 keys
246 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 22:45 UTC
278 keys
242 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
301 keys
262 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
317 keys
276 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 19:14 UTC
304 keys
264 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
281 keys
244 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
161 keys
140 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
294 keys
256 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
296 keys
257 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
297 keys
258 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
298 keys
259 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
288 keys
251 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
299 keys
260 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
299 keys
260 keys
Price history in numbers
22 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Head Prize's sell price ranged from 288 keys to 299 keys and is up 3.7% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 161 keys to 344 keys (down 12.1%). Today's 299 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 161 keys (7 Sep 2026) and the highest 375 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.