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Hard Carry Head Hedge

✦ Hard CarryUnusual1mo ago

This price has not changed since 2026-10-01 08:09 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.

Sell price
13 keys, 61.22 ref
Buy price
12 keys, 8.66 ref
In keys
14.0 keys
In USD
$30.18 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$46.95 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–8.50 keys, last changed 2025-02-02 (1.8y ago). The live quote above, 14.0 keys, is 75% higher and last moved 1mo 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: $46.95 — the lowest of one listing for the Hard Carry effect when we looked on 2026-10-30 01:42 UTC (6d 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 13 keys, 61.22 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 Head Hedge”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

66 observations

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Hard Carry Head Hedge sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-22: 66 observations, from 8.61 keys to 14.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC8.61 keys6.63 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:45 UTC8.21 keys6.97 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:37 UTC7.83 keys6.64 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:50 UTC7.65 keys6.48 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 17:12 UTC10.3 keys9.01 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 23:11 UTC10.1 keys8.74 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC9.31 keys8.10 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC10.0 keys8.72 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC10.7 keys9.30 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC10.3 keys8.95 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC10.2 keys8.86 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC10.3 keys8.92 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC10.1 keys8.80 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC10.2 keys8.87 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC10.4 keys9.01 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC10.4 keys9.04 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC10.4 keys9.03 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC10.3 keys8.99 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC9.67 keys8.41 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC9.77 keys8.49 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC9.83 keys8.55 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC9.79 keys8.51 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC9.88 keys8.59 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC9.83 keys8.55 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC9.75 keys8.48 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC9.79 keys8.51 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC9.95 keys8.65 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC9.79 keys8.51 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC9.88 keys8.59 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC9.94 keys8.65 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC9.93 keys8.63 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC9.63 keys8.37 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC9.81 keys8.52 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC10.4 keys9.05 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 08:10 UTC13.8 keys12.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC13.8 keys12.0 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC14.3 keys12.4 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 08:09 UTC14.0 keys12.1 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC14.3 keys12.4 keys
22 OCT 2026 · 07:12 UTC14.6 keys12.7 keys

Price history in numbers

66 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Hard Carry Head Hedge's sell price ranged from 14.3 keys to 14.6 keys and is up 2.2% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.65 keys to 14.6 keys (up 90.4%). Today's 14.6 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.48 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 14.6 keys (22 Oct 2026). The price has moved 65 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days14.3 keys14.6 keys+2.2%23
90 days9.63 keys14.6 keys+36.7%5253
a year7.65 keys14.6 keys+90.4%6061

Details

SKU30978;5;u279
Last price change2026-10-01 08:09 UTC
Key rate when recorded63.00 ref

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