Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-10 (26d ago). The live quote above, 17.7 keys, is 4% higher and last moved 11h 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: $60.02 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Tainted Frost effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:36 UTC (3d 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 17 keys, 45 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 Plaid Lad”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
47 observations
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Tainted Frost Plaid Lad sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 47 observations, from 23.7 keys to 17.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.7 keys
16.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:56 UTC
22.7 keys
16.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:27 UTC
21.7 keys
17.7 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:38 UTC
16.4 keys
16.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:32 UTC
20.8 keys
17.0 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:47 UTC
24.7 keys
21.9 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 12:49 UTC
29.4 keys
23.6 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:06 UTC
26.5 keys
23.6 keys
9 DEC 2025 · 06:57 UTC
30.1 keys
24.1 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:15 UTC
27.6 keys
13.1 keys
2 JAN 2026 · 04:52 UTC
26.5 keys
21.1 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 02:19 UTC
27.1 keys
14.1 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
25.5 keys
14.5 keys
30 JAN 2026 · 03:43 UTC
25.3 keys
21.4 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:45 UTC
25.3 keys
19.8 keys
18 FEB 2026 · 10:40 UTC
23.4 keys
21.5 keys
24 FEB 2026 · 06:43 UTC
25.1 keys
19.6 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 22:44 UTC
21.4 keys
11.0 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
21.2 keys
13.7 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 06:08 UTC
20.9 keys
19.1 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
22.4 keys
13.5 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
22.1 keys
16.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
21.6 keys
18.2 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
19.6 keys
16.1 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
19.2 keys
16.1 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
20.4 keys
17.8 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 14:31 UTC
21.2 keys
18.1 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
20.5 keys
11.9 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
19.9 keys
14.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
19.4 keys
15.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 06:12 UTC
20.0 keys
14.8 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
9.88 keys
8.59 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 16:43 UTC
9.72 keys
8.41 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
17.8 keys
11.9 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 01:13 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
18.2 keys
13.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
17.7 keys
13.1 keys
Price history in numbers
47 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Tainted Frost Plaid Lad's sell price ranged from 15.3 keys to 18.3 keys and is up 7.9% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.72 keys to 30.1 keys (down 25.3%). Today's 17.7 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.72 keys (16 Jul 2026) and the highest 30.1 keys (9 Dec 2025). The price has moved 46 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.
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