# Barley malt price

> Barley malt Grand Exchange price right now (641 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/barley-malt
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 6008.

Examine: “A handful of barley malt.”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

**Barley malt is 32% below its 30-day average.**

Possible merch: over the last day buyers paid far more than sellers took. Prices like this can collapse quickly.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 641 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 539–3,193 gp |
| 30-day average | 946 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | +14.5% / -18.3% / -48.4% |
| Instant buy | 781 gp (2026-10-30 08:24 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 500 gp (2026-10-30 05:20 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 3,210 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 694 / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 692 / 385 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 11,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 15 gp
- You receive: 766 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 266 gp
- Per buy limit: 2,926,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 2
- Low alch value: 1
- Profit per cast: -931 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Barley malt price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 789 | – |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 694 | – |

Range plotted: 500 to 5,000 gp, over 83 points.

## Barley malt price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 252 gp and the highest buy average 4,819 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 1,704 | 1,137 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 692 | 385 |

Range plotted: 252 to 26,654 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Barley malt worth in OSRS?

About 641 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 781 gp and the last instant sell 500 gp. Over the last 24 hours 3,210 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Barley malt?

11,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Barley malt worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 2 coins. Buying one at 781 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 931 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Barley malt?

15 gp each at 781 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 766 gp.

Item id 6008. Prices update every five minutes.

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