Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-05 (6mo ago). The live quote above, 19.4 keys, is 8% lower 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: $57.83 — the lowest of one listing for the Old Hire effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:25 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 19 keys, 23.22 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 Commando Elite”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
11 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.
Old Hire Commando Elite sell price, 2026-03-09 to 2026-09-05: 11 observations, from 19.6 keys to 19.4 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
9 MAR 2026 · 12:03 UTC
19.6 keys
17.5 keys
28 JUN 2026 · 15:12 UTC
10.9 keys
9.46 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 05:13 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
Price history in numbers
11 readings since 9 Mar 2026
Over the last 30 days the Old Hire Commando Elite's sell price ranged from 15.9 keys to 19.8 keys and is up 21.9% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.9 keys to 19.8 keys (down 1.0%). Today's 19.4 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.9 keys (28 Jun 2026) and the highest 19.8 keys (5 Sep 2026). The price has moved 10 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.