Community price on backpack.tf: 40.0–42.0 keys, last changed 2025-01-24 (1.6y ago). The live quote above, 41.0 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 22h 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: $246.40 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma 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 41 keys, 1 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
38 observations
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Vivid Plasma Milkman sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 38 observations, from 44.3 keys to 41.0 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
44.3 keys
33.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:42 UTC
44.2 keys
33.7 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:25 UTC
42.3 keys
35.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:12 UTC
40.2 keys
33.7 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:31 UTC
38.3 keys
32.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:33 UTC
43.8 keys
36.6 keys
2 DEC 2025 · 06:50 UTC
41.4 keys
37.2 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:11 UTC
40.1 keys
24.6 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 02:08 UTC
36.4 keys
18.8 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 13:43 UTC
34.7 keys
32.7 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
34.2 keys
27.6 keys
8 MAY 2026 · 14:31 UTC
35.6 keys
29.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
36.2 keys
31.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
37.4 keys
32.5 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
35.5 keys
30.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
35.7 keys
31.0 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
37.2 keys
32.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
38.7 keys
33.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
40.1 keys
34.8 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
40.4 keys
35.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
41.4 keys
36.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
41.8 keys
36.3 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
42.2 keys
36.7 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:10 UTC
42.3 keys
36.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
42.3 keys
36.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
42.4 keys
36.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
42.4 keys
36.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
42.4 keys
36.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
42.5 keys
36.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
42.4 keys
36.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
41.9 keys
36.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
40.9 keys
35.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
41.4 keys
36.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
41.0 keys
35.7 keys
Price history in numbers
38 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Milkman's sell price ranged from 40.4 keys to 42.5 keys and is up 1.6% after 18 moves. Over a year it ranged from 34.2 keys to 44.3 keys (down 7.4%). Today's 41.0 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 34.2 keys (3 May 2026) and the highest 44.3 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 37 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.