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M249 | Shipping Forecast Price

CS2 heavy prices, float values & marketplace comparison

CSDB estimated value · Field-Tested

$12.50–$14

Medium confidenceBased on current listings on 14 marketplaces; 24 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded.

Best current price

$12.27

Youpin (UU) · 21% below Steam

Lowest recorded ask, 31 Oct 2026 · verify on the marketplace

Steam$15.55
Best cash market$12.27
Difference−$3.28
Cash discount ?21%
Highest buy order
$11.42Steam
30D sales
24Steam
Liquidity
50/100Liquid
Float range
0.15–0.38Field-Tested
Listings
246tracked markets
Markets quoting
14

Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated

Marketplace Prices

Field-Tested · updated
MarketplacePricevs Steamvs market median
Youpin (UU)Best price$12.27−21%-6.5%Search
CSFloat★ 4.8Review$12.59−19%-4.0%Open
HaloSkinsReview$12.84−17%-2.1%Search
Tradeit.gg★ 4.8ReviewCode CSDB$12.84−17%-2.1%Search
SkinBaron★ 4.4Review$12.86−17%-2.0%Search
Skins.com★ 3.8ReviewCode CSDB$13.00−16%-0.9%View
SkinFlow$13.07−16%-0.4%Open
LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review$13.12−16%0.0%Search
Steam Community MarketWallet funds$15.55——

Each price is that marketplace's lowest listing for this exact wear and variant. Buyer fees, where a marketplace charges them, are on top.

Individual Listings

Field-Tested · CSFloat

See the actual items for sale — exact float, paint seed, stickers and screenshots — and how each is priced against the base value of this wear.

Price History

Field-Tested
Latest$12.27
30D-4.2%
High · 2026-08-27$13.91
Low · 2026-10-04$11.92

Field-Tested · CSDB daily cross-market lowest listing · 54 observations

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Full Price History

M249 | Shipping Forecast (Field-Tested) Steam price and trading volume since May 2015 — 410 days tracked.

$13.89Latest
$28.21All-time high
$0.35All-time low
16,525Total sold
May 2015Trading volumeOct 2026

Full price & volume history via SteamWebAPI · Steam Community Market.

M249 Shipping Forecast Prices by Wear

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$12–$13.50$11.40$15.901515
Minimal Wear$13.50–$15.50$11.80$15.612114
Field-Tested$12.50–$14$12.27$15.552414
Well-Worn$15–$17$14.53$18.64412
Battle-Scarred$13.50–$16$13.79$24.2108

CSDB value is an estimate from recorded sales and cleaned marketplace asks, shown as a range. "Best price" is the lowest listing that survived outlier checks. Where a wear has only a few asks and no recorded sales, CSDB shows the ask and declines to value it. Method

CSDB Market Score

Field-Tested
68/ 100Healthy market
  • Liquidity5024 sales in 30 days, 246 listings across tracked markets
  • Demand9996% of Steam's open offers sold in 30 days
  • Market depth7914 marketplaces quoting, 246 listings
  • Spread quality5812.6% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
  • Data confidence60current listings on 14 marketplaces; 24 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded

How easy this market is to trade in at a fair price — not a view on where the price is going. Subscores appear only where the inputs exist for this wear.

Market Statistics

Field-Tested
CSDB estimated value
$12.50–$14medium confidence
Lowest current listing
$12.27
Cash-market median ask
$13.1214 markets
Steam price
$15.55wallet funds
Steam median sale · 30D
$13wallet funds
Highest buy order
$11.42297 wanted · Steam
Steam bid/ask spread
27%
Steam sales · 7D
8
Steam sales · 30D
24
Steam sales · 90D
73
Median time to sell
13 hoursSteam
Active listings
246tracked markets
Days to clear the book
31.3Steam offers at Steam sale rate
Marketplaces quoting
14
Cross-market spread
12.6%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
Liquidity
50/100Liquid
Lowest listing · 7D change
-2.0%
Lowest listing · 30D change
-4.4%

Only figures the data supports are listed — a missing row means the feed does not report it for this wear, not that it is zero. How these are measured

Float Analysis

0.00–0.50
0.00 FNMWFTWWBS1.00
WearFloats this skin can rollShare of its rangeCSDB value
Factory New0.00–0.0714%$12–$13.50
Minimal Wear0.07–0.1516%$13.50–$15.50
Field-Tested0.15–0.3846%$12.50–$14
Well-Worn0.38–0.4514%$15–$17
Battle-Scarred0.45–0.5010%$13.50–$16
  • Float premium within a wear:not published yet. Measuring it needs completed sales with their exact floats, and CSDB does not hold enough of those for this skin to separate a float premium from ordinary price noise. Load the individual listings above to see how each item's float sits within its wear.

Lowest Floats on the Market

M249 Shipping Forecast Details

Weapon
M249
Finish
Shipping Forecast
Rarity
Industrial
Category
Heavy
Collection
The Gods and Monsters Collection
First seen on market
19 May 2015
Float range
0.00–0.50
Paint index
452
StatTrak™ available
No
Souvenir available
No
Unbox chance
Not a case drop — it comes from The Gods and Monsters Collection.
Heavy skins tracked
210
  • #23 of 25 M249 finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).

Market Summary

M249 | Shipping Forecast Field-Tested has a CSDB estimated market value of $12.50–$14 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $12.27 on Youpin (UU). Steam lists it at $15.55, so the best cash price is 21% lower. This wear recorded 24 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 50/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, M249 | Shipping Forecast spans about $12–$17.

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About M249 | Shipping Forecast

A strong open-area LMG, the M249 is the perfect choice for players willing to trade a slow fire rate for increased accuracy and a high ammo capacity. It has been painted with a hydrographic in a zodiac motif. Who knows what the future holds— Official in-game description

M249 | Shipping Forecast is a Industrial heavy finish from the The Gods and Monsters Collection, on the market since 2015. It has no StatTrak™ version.

The M249 is a heavy in CS2 that costs $5,200 in-game.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is M249 | Shipping Forecast worth?
M249 | Shipping Forecast is worth roughly $12–$17 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $12–$13.50; Minimal Wear: $13.50–$15.50; Field-Tested: $12.50–$14; Well-Worn: $15–$17; Battle-Scarred: $13.50–$16.
What is the cheapest M249 | Shipping Forecast?
The cheapest tracked listing is Factory New at $11.40 on Buff163, 28% below the Steam price of $15.90.
What is the Factory New M249 | Shipping Forecast price?
Factory New M249 | Shipping Forecast has a CSDB estimated value of $12–$13.50 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $11.40 on Buff163, against $15.90 on Steam.
What is the Minimal Wear M249 | Shipping Forecast price?
Minimal Wear M249 | Shipping Forecast has a CSDB estimated value of $13.50–$15.50 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $11.80 on CSFloat, against $15.61 on Steam.
What is the Field-Tested M249 | Shipping Forecast price?
Field-Tested M249 | Shipping Forecast has a CSDB estimated value of $12.50–$14 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $12.27 on Youpin (UU), against $15.55 on Steam.
What float can M249 | Shipping Forecast have?
M249 | Shipping Forecast rolls floats from 0.00 to 0.50. Factory New 0.00–0.07, Minimal Wear 0.07–0.15, Field-Tested 0.15–0.38, Well-Worn 0.38–0.45, Battle-Scarred 0.45–0.50.
How liquid is M249 | Shipping Forecast?
Field-Tested M249 | Shipping Forecast scores 50/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 24 recorded sales in 30 days, and 246 active listings across the marketplaces we track. Those are separate counts from separate venues, so they are scored as separate signals rather than divided into one another. Within Steam alone, where the sales and the open offers are the same population, the current book would take about 31 days to clear at that rate.
When was M249 | Shipping Forecast released?
M249 | Shipping Forecast first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 19 May 2015. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.

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