Community price on backpack.tf: 22.0 keys, last changed 2024-01-04 (2.7y ago). The live quote above, 17.4 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 17h 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: $60.02 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:28 UTC (3d 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 17 keys, 24.44 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 Boxcar Bomber”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
60 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.
Smoking Boxcar Bomber sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 60 observations, from 22.8 keys to 17.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
22.8 keys
18.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:01 UTC
20.9 keys
18.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:49 UTC
19.8 keys
17.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:13 UTC
20.0 keys
17.9 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 20:43 UTC
19.7 keys
12.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
21.4 keys
14.3 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 08:43 UTC
21.7 keys
15.0 keys
6 JAN 2026 · 09:38 UTC
20.6 keys
14.9 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 21:37 UTC
16.4 keys
13.7 keys
24 JAN 2026 · 17:43 UTC
18.9 keys
13.9 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 10:23 UTC
18.1 keys
13.3 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 06:41 UTC
17.6 keys
14.0 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 00:42 UTC
16.5 keys
13.2 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
16.2 keys
13.1 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
16.0 keys
13.0 keys
3 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
17.6 keys
14.7 keys
11 APR 2026 · 12:31 UTC
17.3 keys
14.5 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
16.8 keys
14.1 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 12:32 UTC
16.5 keys
13.9 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
17.4 keys
14.8 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
17.4 keys
14.8 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 22:31 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 22:10 UTC
16.8 keys
14.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
11.0 keys
9.62 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 05:10 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
17.4 keys
15.1 keys
Price history in numbers
60 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking Boxcar Bomber's sell price ranged from 16.2 keys to 17.4 keys and is up 4.1% after 18 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.0 keys to 22.8 keys (down 23.9%). Today's 17.4 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.0 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 22.8 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 59 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.