Community price on backpack.tf: 51.0–59.0 keys, last changed 2025-08-26 (1.1y ago). The live quote above, 49.8 keys, is 2% lower and last moved 14d 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: $161.57 — the lowest of one listing for the Spectral Fire effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:50 UTC (7d 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 49 keys, 48.77 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 Surgeon General”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
61 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.
Spectral Fire Surgeon General sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 61 observations, from 59.1 keys to 50.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
59.1 keys
42.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:34 UTC
57.3 keys
43.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:33 UTC
54.6 keys
41.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:40 UTC
53.3 keys
40.8 keys
31 MAR 2026 · 12:30 UTC
51.8 keys
43.8 keys
13 APR 2026 · 08:31 UTC
50.1 keys
43.3 keys
22 APR 2026 · 20:32 UTC
50.1 keys
44.4 keys
8 MAY 2026 · 08:34 UTC
47.7 keys
40.6 keys
28 MAY 2026 · 20:31 UTC
50.2 keys
41.5 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 18:34 UTC
48.4 keys
41.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
47.9 keys
35.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
45.9 keys
39.8 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 07:55 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 12:44 UTC
46.8 keys
40.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 02:24 UTC
50.9 keys
44.4 keys
9 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
51.2 keys
44.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
23.2 keys
20.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
31.9 keys
27.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
36.0 keys
31.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
45.6 keys
39.6 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
46.3 keys
40.3 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 10:10 UTC
46.1 keys
40.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
46.4 keys
40.3 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
46.4 keys
40.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
46.6 keys
40.5 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
46.7 keys
40.6 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
47.0 keys
40.8 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
47.1 keys
40.9 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
47.7 keys
41.5 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
47.6 keys
41.4 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 00:11 UTC
49.0 keys
42.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
49.3 keys
42.8 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
49.5 keys
43.1 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
49.7 keys
43.2 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
49.3 keys
42.8 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
50.0 keys
43.5 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
50.2 keys
43.7 keys
Price history in numbers
61 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Spectral Fire Surgeon General's sell price ranged from 46.7 keys to 50.2 keys and is up 7.7% after 17 moves. Over a year it ranged from 17.1 keys to 54.6 keys (down 7.9%). Today's 50.2 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.1 keys (23 Aug 2026) and the highest 60.0 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 59 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.