Community price on backpack.tf: 55.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-11 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 28.0 keys, is 49% lower and last moved 2h 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: $138.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:29 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 27 keys, 63 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 Crustaceous Cowl”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
82 observations
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Steaming Crustaceous Cowl sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 82 observations, from 56.8 keys to 28.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
56.8 keys
46.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:13 UTC
53.2 keys
47.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:23 UTC
48.3 keys
43.4 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:13 UTC
53.2 keys
36.3 keys
13 JAN 2026 · 12:14 UTC
46.9 keys
27.3 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
32.7 keys
28.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
28.7 keys
24.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
31.3 keys
27.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
31.3 keys
27.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
30.1 keys
26.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
31.4 keys
27.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:11 UTC
30.3 keys
26.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
29.3 keys
25.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
31.2 keys
27.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
32.6 keys
28.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
31.1 keys
27.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
30.2 keys
26.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
30.5 keys
26.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
30.7 keys
26.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:10 UTC
32.7 keys
28.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
29.8 keys
25.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:10 UTC
32.6 keys
28.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
29.6 keys
25.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
30.4 keys
26.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
30.8 keys
26.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
31.2 keys
27.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
31.6 keys
27.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
27.6 keys
24.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
30.3 keys
26.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
31.2 keys
27.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
28.5 keys
24.8 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
29.2 keys
25.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
32.3 keys
28.1 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
32.1 keys
27.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
32.5 keys
28.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
27.2 keys
23.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
28.0 keys
24.3 keys
Price history in numbers
82 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Crustaceous Cowl's sell price ranged from 27.2 keys to 37.0 keys and is down 24.2% after 65 moves. Over a year it ranged from 25.1 keys to 56.8 keys (down 50.7%). Today's 28.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 25.1 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 56.8 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 81 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.