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Dead Presidents Horrific Headsplitter

✦ Dead PresidentsUnusual12d ago
Sell price
10 keys, 39.33 ref
Buy price
9 keys, 14.66 ref
In keys
10.6 keys
In USD
$23.37 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$540.01 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 10.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2021-01-28 (5.7y ago). The live quote above, 10.6 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 12d 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: $540.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Dead Presidents effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:37 UTC (2d 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 10 keys, 39.33 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 Horrific Headsplitter”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

26 observations

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Dead Presidents Horrific Headsplitter sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 26 observations, from 13.1 keys to 8.61 keys.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC13.1 keys8.27 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:00 UTC14.1 keys8.26 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:42 UTC13.5 keys8.68 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:29 UTC12.8 keys8.26 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:50 UTC12.2 keys7.86 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:51 UTC12.6 keys8.07 keys
26 JUN 2026 · 11:12 UTC9.11 keys7.92 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC14.3 keys12.5 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 19:53 UTC13.3 keys11.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC12.7 keys11.0 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC13.3 keys11.5 keys
2 AUG 2026 · 18:43 UTC11.8 keys10.3 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 05:11 UTC8.83 keys7.68 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC8.84 keys7.68 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC10.4 keys9.04 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC8.72 keys7.58 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC8.42 keys7.32 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC10.4 keys9.04 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC8.64 keys7.51 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC10.7 keys9.33 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC10.6 keys9.23 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC10.2 keys8.87 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC10.6 keys9.23 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC10.0 keys8.70 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC10.0 keys8.70 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC8.61 keys7.49 keys

Price history in numbers

26 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Dead Presidents Horrific Headsplitter's sell price ranged from 8.61 keys to 10.7 keys and is down 19.7% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.42 keys to 14.3 keys (down 33.0%). Today's 8.61 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.42 keys (4 Sep 2026) and the highest 14.3 keys (29 Jun 2026). The price has moved 25 times since we began recording it — about once every 15 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days8.61 keys10.7 keys−19.7%67
90 days8.42 keys13.3 keys−35.1%1516
a year8.42 keys14.3 keys−33.0%2223

Details

SKU291;5;u60
Last price change2026-10-01 00:09 UTC
Key rate when recorded63.33 ref

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