Community price on backpack.tf: 14.0 keys, last changed 2023-06-03 (3.3y ago). The live quote above, 11.0 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 5d 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: $115.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:29 UTC (4d 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 11 keys, 2 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 Bolted Birdcage”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
40 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.
Vivid Plasma Bolted Birdcage sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-01: 40 observations, from 14.1 keys to 11.0 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
14.1 keys
11.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:51 UTC
15.1 keys
12.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:33 UTC
14.4 keys
13.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:21 UTC
13.7 keys
12.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:41 UTC
13.1 keys
11.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:42 UTC
13.7 keys
12.3 keys
5 APR 2026 · 18:29 UTC
14.8 keys
11.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
10.1 keys
8.79 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 15:12 UTC
10.4 keys
9.08 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
9.62 keys
8.37 keys
15 JUL 2026 · 12:43 UTC
10.1 keys
8.76 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
10.6 keys
9.22 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 13:13 UTC
10.9 keys
9.55 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
11.2 keys
9.67 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.63 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.63 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.62 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.64 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.65 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.69 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.61 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
11.1 keys
9.65 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.67 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.68 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.2 keys
9.70 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.69 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.69 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
11.2 keys
9.70 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.68 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.62 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.67 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.63 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
11.0 keys
9.61 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.61 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.60 keys
Price history in numbers
40 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Bolted Birdcage's sell price ranged from 11.0 keys to 11.2 keys and is down 1.4% after 26 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.62 keys to 15.1 keys (down 21.7%). Today's 11.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.62 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 15.1 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 39 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.