Community price on backpack.tf: 370 keys, last changed 2024-11-21 (1.8y ago). The live quote above, 285 keys, is 23% lower and last moved 2d 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: $1042.68 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-08-31 01:31 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 284 keys, 38.33 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 Prize”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
14 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Head Prize sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 14 observations, from 380 keys to 285 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
380 keys
311 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:44 UTC
379 keys
310 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:23 UTC
363 keys
326 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:13 UTC
345 keys
310 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:33 UTC
328 keys
296 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:33 UTC
349 keys
314 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 07:13 UTC
289 keys
252 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
244 keys
212 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
287 keys
249 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 22:45 UTC
282 keys
246 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
305 keys
266 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
322 keys
280 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 19:14 UTC
308 keys
268 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
285 keys
247 keys
Price history in numbers
14 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Head Prize's sell price ranged from 285 keys to 322 keys and is down 11.5% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 244 keys to 380 keys (down 25.1%). Today's 285 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 244 keys (10 Jul 2026) and the highest 380 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 13 times since we began recording it — about once every 26 days.