Community price on backpack.tf: 22.0 keys, last changed 2024-08-17 (2.1y ago). The live quote above, 18.5 keys, is 16% lower and last moved 8h 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: $230.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:26 UTC (4d 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 18 keys, 31.22 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 Milkman”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
63 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.
Smoking Milkman sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 63 observations, from 23.8 keys to 18.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.8 keys
19.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:25 UTC
21.7 keys
19.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:12 UTC
20.7 keys
18.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:33 UTC
20.9 keys
18.8 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 02:50 UTC
26.6 keys
23.7 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:48 UTC
27.0 keys
24.2 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:11 UTC
27.0 keys
24.3 keys
8 JAN 2026 · 21:37 UTC
23.9 keys
22.0 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
22.0 keys
20.2 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
21.9 keys
13.9 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
22.9 keys
18.0 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
23.4 keys
19.8 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
23.5 keys
20.1 keys
7 MAY 2026 · 18:32 UTC
21.6 keys
19.0 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
22.9 keys
20.2 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 18:30 UTC
22.7 keys
20.3 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 18:30 UTC
23.0 keys
20.6 keys
19 JUN 2026 · 02:09 UTC
22.5 keys
20.1 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 13:13 UTC
24.8 keys
21.5 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
25.3 keys
22.0 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 08:24 UTC
26.2 keys
22.7 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
18.2 keys
15.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 03:04 UTC
18.2 keys
15.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.2 keys
15.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
Price history in numbers
63 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking Milkman's sell price ranged from 15.5 keys to 26.4 keys and is down 30.0% after 28 moves. Over a year it ranged from 15.5 keys to 27.4 keys (down 22.2%). Today's 18.5 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 15.5 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 27.4 keys (16 Dec 2025). The price has moved 61 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.