Community price on backpack.tf: 80.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-05 (1mo ago). The live quote above, 79.4 keys, is 1% lower and last moved 2h 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: $253.14 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-08-31 01:29 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 79 keys, 24.22 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 Team Captain”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
57 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Team Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 57 observations, from 71.0 keys to 79.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
71.0 keys
58.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:28 UTC
71.9 keys
58.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:57 UTC
65.4 keys
58.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:16 UTC
62.3 keys
56.1 keys
15 NOV 2025 · 22:33 UTC
71.9 keys
58.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
55.8 keys
48.6 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 13:11 UTC
55.5 keys
48.3 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
58.5 keys
50.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
61.5 keys
53.5 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
68.3 keys
59.4 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
64.3 keys
55.9 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
67.6 keys
58.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
68.3 keys
59.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
69.7 keys
60.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
70.0 keys
60.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
70.1 keys
60.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
65.1 keys
56.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
65.4 keys
56.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
66.5 keys
57.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
67.0 keys
58.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
68.1 keys
59.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
68.4 keys
59.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
69.6 keys
60.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
69.6 keys
60.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
69.8 keys
60.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
70.2 keys
61.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
70.3 keys
61.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
70.9 keys
61.7 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
71.2 keys
61.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
71.6 keys
62.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
71.7 keys
62.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
78.2 keys
68.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
78.0 keys
67.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
77.6 keys
67.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
77.5 keys
67.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
76.4 keys
66.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
77.3 keys
67.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
77.9 keys
67.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
80.8 keys
70.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
79.4 keys
69.0 keys
Price history in numbers
57 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Team Captain's sell price ranged from 64.1 keys to 80.8 keys and is up 16.3% after 43 moves. Over a year it ranged from 55.5 keys to 80.8 keys (up 11.7%). Today's 79.4 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 55.5 keys (8 Jul 2026) and the highest 80.8 keys (5 Sep 2026). The price has moved 56 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.