Community price on backpack.tf: 19.33–23.77 ref, last changed 2026-02-05 (8mo ago). The live quote above, 24.88 ref, is 29% higher 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.
Price history
355 observations
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Strange Preventative Measure sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 355 observations, from 32.22 ref to 27.44 ref. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.22 ref
24.11 ref
10 DEC 2025 · 19:13 UTC
33.22 ref
21.11 ref
8 FEB 2026 · 22:45 UTC
19.55 ref
19.22 ref
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
27.77 ref
22.33 ref
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
19.77 ref
19.44 ref
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
22 ref
20.44 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
22.22 ref
20.44 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
21.66 ref
21.11 ref
28 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
24.44 ref
21.22 ref
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
21.77 ref
21.55 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
25.11 ref
21.88 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
29.22 ref
25.44 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
25.88 ref
22.55 ref
6 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
27.11 ref
23.11 ref
8 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
23.44 ref
22.55 ref
10 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
25 ref
21.77 ref
12 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
22.33 ref
21.88 ref
14 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
22.33 ref
20.11 ref
15 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
29 ref
25.22 ref
16 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
27.22 ref
22.88 ref
18 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC
26.44 ref
23.11 ref
19 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
27 ref
23.44 ref
21 SEP 2026 · 02:11 UTC
27.88 ref
26.88 ref
22 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
26.11 ref
23.11 ref
23 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
25.77 ref
23 ref
24 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
26.22 ref
23.22 ref
25 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
26.22 ref
22.77 ref
27 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
25.33 ref
22.88 ref
28 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
26.22 ref
24 ref
30 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
24.88 ref
23.77 ref
1 OCT 2026 · 10:09 UTC
24.44 ref
24.11 ref
2 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
24.44 ref
23.66 ref
3 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
24.77 ref
24 ref
5 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
25.77 ref
23.77 ref
6 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
24.44 ref
23.88 ref
7 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
23.44 ref
23.33 ref
8 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
24.44 ref
23.88 ref
10 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC
24.55 ref
23.22 ref
11 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
23.55 ref
23.11 ref
13 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
27.44 ref
24.11 ref
Price history in numbers
355 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Strange Preventative Measure's sell price ranged from 22.22 ref to 29 ref and is up 22.3% after 147 moves. Over a year it ranged from 19.55 ref to 37.88 ref (down 14.8%). Today's 27.44 ref sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 19.55 ref (8 Feb 2026) and the highest 37.88 ref (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 269 times since we began recording it — about once every day.