Community price on backpack.tf: 20.0 keys, last changed 2025-04-10 (1.4y ago). The live quote above, 23.6 keys, is 18% higher and last moved 12h 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: $50.82 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts 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 23 keys, 38.55 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
23 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts El Jefe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 23 observations, from 19.9 keys to 23.6 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
19.9 keys
16.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:12 UTC
19.8 keys
16.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:56 UTC
19.0 keys
17.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:42 UTC
18.0 keys
16.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:00 UTC
17.2 keys
15.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:00 UTC
17.6 keys
15.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 18:43 UTC
19.1 keys
16.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
18.6 keys
16.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
21.9 keys
19.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
22.6 keys
19.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
23.6 keys
20.5 keys
Price history in numbers
23 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts El Jefe's sell price ranged from 15.7 keys to 23.6 keys and is up 10.2% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 15.7 keys to 23.6 keys (up 18.7%). Today's 23.6 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 15.7 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 23.6 keys (5 Sep 2026). The price has moved 22 times since we began recording it — about once every 16 days.