Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0 keys, last changed 2024-12-23 (1.7y ago). The live quote above, 18.8 keys, is 25% higher and last moved 4h 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: $69.33 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:46 UTC (5d 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 18 keys, 48.88 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 Capo's Capper”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
56 observations
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Steaming Capo's Capper sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 56 observations, from 16.5 keys to 18.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.5 keys
13.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:32 UTC
16.5 keys
13.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:01 UTC
15.0 keys
13.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:20 UTC
14.3 keys
12.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 12:42 UTC
15.2 keys
12.8 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
15.0 keys
8.00 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 16:06 UTC
16.1 keys
10.2 keys
17 APR 2026 · 12:29 UTC
16.4 keys
11.6 keys
29 APR 2026 · 04:30 UTC
15.3 keys
11.2 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 00:31 UTC
15.6 keys
9.08 keys
15 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
15.3 keys
11.4 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
15.1 keys
10.1 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 18:30 UTC
14.9 keys
12.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 16:10 UTC
14.8 keys
12.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
10.3 keys
8.97 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
9.81 keys
8.53 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
10.2 keys
8.86 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
10.6 keys
9.25 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
18.8 keys
16.3 keys
Price history in numbers
56 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Capo's Capper's sell price ranged from 14.5 keys to 18.8 keys and is up 29.8% after 29 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.81 keys to 18.8 keys (up 13.9%). Today's 18.8 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.81 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 18.8 keys (5 Sep 2026). The price has moved 55 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.