Community price on backpack.tf: 200–210 keys, last changed 2024-08-11 (2.1y ago). The live quote above, 186 keys, is 7% lower and last moved 9h 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: $699.28 — the lowest of one listing for the Burning Flames effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:21 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 186 keys, 15.44 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 Cotton Head”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Burning Flames Cotton Head sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 44 observations, from 217 keys to 186 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
217 keys
169 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:00 UTC
217 keys
169 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:43 UTC
207 keys
178 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:30 UTC
197 keys
169 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:51 UTC
188 keys
161 keys
27 NOV 2025 · 00:51 UTC
204 keys
171 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 06:50 UTC
226 keys
174 keys
18 DEC 2025 · 02:45 UTC
211 keys
177 keys
24 DEC 2025 · 11:11 UTC
213 keys
170 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 02:52 UTC
208 keys
173 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 20:46 UTC
204 keys
170 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 01:36 UTC
187 keys
157 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 21:21 UTC
189 keys
158 keys
24 JAN 2026 · 13:43 UTC
187 keys
157 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:44 UTC
174 keys
139 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 10:40 UTC
176 keys
132 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
183 keys
138 keys
29 MAR 2026 · 04:06 UTC
188 keys
50.9 keys
5 APR 2026 · 12:29 UTC
185 keys
118 keys
3 JUN 2026 · 20:30 UTC
182 keys
12.8 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
202 keys
14.6 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
168 keys
146 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
189 keys
165 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
190 keys
165 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
180 keys
157 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
180 keys
157 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
184 keys
160 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
184 keys
160 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
184 keys
160 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
177 keys
154 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
188 keys
164 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
192 keys
167 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
187 keys
163 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
186 keys
162 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Burning Flames Cotton Head's sell price ranged from 168 keys to 192 keys and is up 2.3% after 20 moves. Over a year it ranged from 168 keys to 226 keys (down 14.3%). Today's 186 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 168 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 226 keys (11 Dec 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.