Steel bar

It's a bar of steel. Steel bar is a free-to-play item in the Ores & Bars market, used in Smithing and crafting metal equipment. Browse all Ores & Bars prices for live GE data.

Steel bar is the intermediate step between ores and finished equipment. Demand comes from Smithing trainers and players crafting weapons and armour for use or alching.

Steel bar sees extraordinary trading activity at 163,622 trades, reflecting massive player demand across the game. With a buy limit of 10,000 every 4 hours, you can trade in large quantities per session.

Steel bar sells for a mere 587 gp on the Grand Exchange, so profit here comes from flipping in bulk rather than large per-item margins. The buy-sell spread is 14 gp (2.4%), which indicates a tight spread common in actively traded items.

Steel bar currently has a negative margin of -25 gp after tax, meaning instant flips would result in a loss at these prices. Margins fluctuate throughout the day — check back later or set a price alert to be notified when the margin turns positive. The price has risen 1.4% in the last hour, indicating upward buying pressure.

Steel bar has a high alchemy value of 60 gp, but at the current buy price it is not profitable to alch.

With a 2.4% spread, Steel bar trades in a competitive range where quick flips are viable but margins leave little room for error. The price is trending up 1.4% over the past hour, suggesting mild buying pressure or recovering demand.

At the current prices, Steel bar is not profitable to instant flip. If you hold this item, consider selling gradually via limit orders above the instant sell price rather than accepting the current spread loss.

Steel bar trades in the Ores & Bars market. The Blast Furnace Calculator shows which bars are most profitable to smelt right now, and the Plank Making Calculator covers construction supplies if you also deal in logs.

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