Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0–18.0 keys, last changed 2026-05-12 (4mo ago). The live quote above, 14.4 keys, is 4% lower and last moved 8h 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: $40.25 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:25 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 14 keys, 27.88 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 Brass Bucket”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
36 observations
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Steaming Brass Bucket sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 36 observations, from 12.4 keys to 14.4 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.4 keys
10.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:02 UTC
12.4 keys
10.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:39 UTC
11.8 keys
10.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:30 UTC
11.2 keys
10.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:46 UTC
10.7 keys
9.66 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:46 UTC
11.3 keys
10.2 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:44 UTC
15.2 keys
13.5 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 08:45 UTC
16.3 keys
14.4 keys
2 DEC 2025 · 04:57 UTC
16.3 keys
14.4 keys
9 DEC 2025 · 10:54 UTC
16.8 keys
14.9 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 21:12 UTC
13.5 keys
12.1 keys
14 FEB 2026 · 20:41 UTC
13.7 keys
11.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
10.1 keys
8.83 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 16:45 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 07:12 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:11 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
14.4 keys
12.6 keys
Price history in numbers
36 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Brass Bucket's sell price ranged from 14.4 keys to 15.7 keys and is down 8.0% after 16 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.1 keys to 16.8 keys (up 16.8%). Today's 14.4 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.1 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 16.8 keys (9 Dec 2025). The price has moved 34 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.