Mil-SpecRifle

M4A1-S | Briefing Price

CS2 rifle prices, float values & marketplace comparison

CSDB estimated value · Field-Tested

$3.80–$4.30

Medium confidenceBased on current listings on 13 marketplaces; 285 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded.

Best current price

$3.30

Buff163 · 31% below Steam

Lowest recorded ask, 16 Oct 2026 · verify on the marketplace

Steam$4.76
Best cash market$3.30
Difference−$1.46
Cash discount ?31%
Highest buy order
$4.46Steam
30D sales
285Steam
Liquidity
58/100Liquid
Float range
0.15–0.38Field-Tested
Listings
636tracked markets
Markets quoting
13

Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated

Marketplace Prices

Field-Tested · updated
MarketplacePricevs Steamvs market median
Buff163Best priceReview$3.30−31%-18.9%Search
CSFloat★ 4.8Review$3.46−27%-15.0%Open
Skinport★ 4.9ReviewCode CSDB$3.80−20%-6.6%Search
Tradeit.gg★ 4.8ReviewCode CSDB$3.84−19%-5.7%Search
SkinBaron★ 4.4Review$3.93−17%-3.4%Search
DMarket★ 4.0Review$3.95−17%-2.9%Search
Youpin (UU)$4.07−14%0.0%Search
LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review$4.10−14%+0.7%Search
Steam Community MarketWallet funds$4.76——

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
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Full Price History

M4A1-S | Briefing (Field-Tested) Steam price and trading volume since May 2017 — 344 days tracked.

$4.42Latest
$11.25All-time high
$0.37All-time low
63,058Total sold
May 2017Trading volumeOct 2026

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

M4A1-S Briefing Prices by Wear

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$47–$51$46.33$65.623414
Minimal Wear$5.00–$5.60$4.80$6.6823512
Field-Tested$3.80–$4.30$3.30$4.7628513
Well-Worn$3.60–$4.40$3.30$5.254614
Battle-Scarred$3.50–$4.00$3.34$4.5220714

StatTrak™

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$32–$38$30.95$43.701213
Minimal Wear$12.50–$15$11.55$15.474513
Field-Tested$8.00–$9.40$8.10$1029214
Well-Worn$10.50–$23$7.95$10.651311
Battle-Scarred$7.80–$9.40$7.79$10.3711611

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
64/ 100Healthy market
  • Liquidity58285 sales in 30 days, 636 listings across tracked markets
  • Demand100165% of Steam's open offers sold in 30 days
  • Market depth8513 marketplaces quoting, 636 listings
  • Spread quality037.9% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
  • Data confidence65current listings on 13 marketplaces; 285 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
$3.80–$4.30medium confidence
Lowest current listing
$3.30
Cash-market median ask
$4.0713 markets
Steam price
$4.76wallet funds
Steam median sale · 30D
$4.74wallet funds
Highest buy order
$4.4617,213 wanted · Steam
Steam bid/ask spread
6%
Steam sales · 7D
70
Steam sales · 30D
285
Steam sales · 90D
956
Median time to sell
4 hoursSteam
Active listings
636tracked markets
Days to clear the book
18.2Steam offers at Steam sale rate
Marketplaces quoting
13
Cross-market spread
37.9%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
Liquidity
58/100Liquid

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

Recent Sales — What It Actually Sells For

Listed prices are asks; these are completed sales on Skinport over the last 7 and 30 days. The gap between the two is the real negotiating room.

WearSold (7d)Median (7d)Sold (30d)Median (30d)30d range
StatTrak™ Factory New0—2$37.35$33.06–$41.62
StatTrak™ Minimal Wear1$14.5511$14.55$12.59–$55.87
StatTrak™ Field-Tested0—3$9.63$8.86–$11.81
StatTrak™ Well-Worn0—1$8.53$8.53–$8.53
StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred0—2$8.17$8.15–$8.18

Sold-price data via Skinport, refreshed daily (as of 16 Oct). One marketplace's completed sales — a floor on truth, not the whole market.

Float Analysis

0.00–0.80
0.00 FNMWFTWWBS1.00
WearFloats this skin can rollShare of its rangeCSDB value
Factory New0.00–0.078.8%$47–$51
Minimal Wear0.07–0.1510%$5.00–$5.60
Field-Tested0.15–0.3828.8%$3.80–$4.30
Well-Worn0.38–0.458.8%$3.60–$4.40
Battle-Scarred0.45–0.8043.8%$3.50–$4.00
  • 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

M4A1-S Briefing Details

Weapon
M4A1-S
Finish
Briefing
Rarity
Mil-Spec
Category
Rifle
Found in
Operation Hydra Case
Collection
The Operation Hydra Collection
First seen on market
16 May 2017
Float range
0.00–0.80
Paint index
663
StatTrak™ available
Yes
Souvenir available
No
Unbox chance
11.42% one of 7 Mil-Spec finishes sharing 79.92%
Rifle skins tracked
471
  • Cheaper than 65% of M4A1-S finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
  • #25 of 43 M4A1-S finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).

Market Summary

M4A1-S | Briefing Field-Tested has a CSDB estimated market value of $3.80–$4.30 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $3.30 on Buff163. Steam lists it at $4.76, so the best cash price is 31% lower. This wear recorded 285 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 58/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, M4A1-S | Briefing spans about $3.50–$51.

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About M4A1-S | Briefing

With a smaller magazine than its unmuffled counterpart, the silenced M4A1 provides quieter shots with less recoil and better accuracy. It has been given a hydrographic of a topographical map. Everybody has a plan…— Official in-game description

M4A1-S | Briefing is a Mil-Spec rifle finish from the Operation Hydra Case, on the market since 2017. It drops in StatTrak™ as well as the standard version.

The M4A1-S is a rifle in CS2 that costs $2,900 in-game.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is M4A1-S | Briefing worth?
M4A1-S | Briefing is worth roughly $3.50–$51 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $47–$51; Minimal Wear: $5.00–$5.60; Field-Tested: $3.80–$4.30; Well-Worn: $3.60–$4.40; Battle-Scarred: $3.50–$4.00.
What is the cheapest M4A1-S | Briefing?
The cheapest tracked listing is Field-Tested at $3.30 on Buff163, 31% below the Steam price of $4.76.
What is the Factory New M4A1-S | Briefing price?
Factory New M4A1-S | Briefing has a CSDB estimated value of $47–$51 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $46.33 on Tradeit.gg, against $65.62 on Steam.
What is the Minimal Wear M4A1-S | Briefing price?
Minimal Wear M4A1-S | Briefing has a CSDB estimated value of $5.00–$5.60 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $4.80 on Buff163, against $6.68 on Steam.
What is the Field-Tested M4A1-S | Briefing price?
Field-Tested M4A1-S | Briefing has a CSDB estimated value of $3.80–$4.30 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $3.30 on Buff163, against $4.76 on Steam.
Is StatTrak™ M4A1-S | Briefing more expensive?
Factory New: StatTrak™ $34.75 vs $49.06 (-29%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $13.80 vs $5.28 (+161%); Field-Tested: StatTrak™ $8.76 vs $4.07 (+115%); Well-Worn: StatTrak™ $16.73 vs $4.00 (+318%); Battle-Scarred: StatTrak™ $8.56 vs $3.78 (+126%). Compared on CSDB estimates for wears where both versions can be valued.
What float can M4A1-S | Briefing have?
M4A1-S | Briefing rolls floats from 0.00 to 0.80. 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 0.45–0.80.
How liquid is M4A1-S | Briefing?
Field-Tested M4A1-S | Briefing scores 58/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 285 recorded sales in 30 days, and 636 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 18 days to clear at that rate.
When was M4A1-S | Briefing released?
M4A1-S | Briefing first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 16 May 2017, in the Operation Hydra Case. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.

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