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Molten Mallard El Jefe

Molten MallardUnusual11h ago
Sell price
104 keys, 18.22 ref
Buy price
90 keys, 43.77 ref
In keys
104 keys
In USD
$235.70 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$359.30 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 92.0–133 keys, last changed 2024-09-26 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 104 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 11h 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: $359.30 — the lowest of one listing for the Molten Mallard effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:37 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 104 keys, 18.22 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 El Jefe”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

22 observations

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Molten Mallard El Jefe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 22 observations, from 137 keys to 104 keys.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC137 keys78.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:12 UTC137 keys78.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:57 UTC131 keys82.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:42 UTC125 keys78.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:00 UTC119 keys74.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:00 UTC122 keys76.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC114 keys99.3 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC119 keys103 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC113 keys98.6 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC115 keys99.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC120 keys104 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC125 keys109 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC130 keys113 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC132 keys115 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC92.5 keys80.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC91.9 keys79.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC93.8 keys81.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC98.0 keys85.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC100 keys87.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC104 keys90.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC103 keys89.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 08:07 UTC104 keys90.7 keys

Price history in numbers

22 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Molten Mallard El Jefe's sell price ranged from 91.9 keys to 132 keys and is down 21.0% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 91.9 keys to 137 keys (down 24.1%). Today's 104 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 91.9 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 137 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 16 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days91.9 keys132 keys−21.0%89
90 days91.9 keys132 keys−8.7%1516
a year91.9 keys137 keys−24.1%2122

Details

SKU539;5;u88
Last price change2026-09-05 08:07 UTC
Key rate when recorded62.00 ref

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