Community price on backpack.tf: 42.0 keys, last changed 2020-07-10 (6.2y ago). The live quote above, 93.5 keys, is 123% higher and last moved 7h 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: $230.73 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma 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 93 keys, 33.22 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
57 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.
Vivid Plasma El Jefe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 57 observations, from 44.5 keys to 93.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
44.5 keys
36.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:12 UTC
44.4 keys
36.3 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:42 UTC
40.4 keys
36.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:00 UTC
38.4 keys
34.6 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 00:45 UTC
123 keys
103 keys
3 JAN 2026 · 20:45 UTC
121 keys
18.4 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 09:43 UTC
108 keys
17.1 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
106 keys
17.3 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 12:22 UTC
99.2 keys
16.5 keys
12 MAY 2026 · 00:30 UTC
103 keys
60.4 keys
16 MAY 2026 · 12:30 UTC
103 keys
61.0 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
101 keys
61.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
73.7 keys
64.1 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
72.9 keys
63.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
74.0 keys
64.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
84.3 keys
73.3 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
88.6 keys
77.0 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
89.9 keys
78.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
90.5 keys
78.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
90.8 keys
79.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
91.4 keys
79.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
91.7 keys
79.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
92.1 keys
80.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
92.4 keys
80.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
92.4 keys
80.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
93.0 keys
80.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
93.2 keys
81.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
93.7 keys
81.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
94.3 keys
82.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
94.5 keys
82.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
95.0 keys
82.6 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
95.1 keys
82.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
95.2 keys
82.7 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
94.4 keys
82.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
92.7 keys
80.6 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
93.0 keys
80.8 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
93.7 keys
81.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
96.1 keys
83.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:07 UTC
93.7 keys
81.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
93.5 keys
81.3 keys
Price history in numbers
57 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma El Jefe's sell price ranged from 89.9 keys to 97.1 keys and is up 4.0% after 32 moves. Over a year it ranged from 38.4 keys to 123 keys (up 110.3%). Today's 93.5 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 38.4 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 123 keys (30 Dec 2025). The price has moved 56 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.