# Herring price

> Herring Grand Exchange price right now (15 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/herring
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 347.

Examine: “Some nicely cooked herring.”

## Price now

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

**Herring is 17% below its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 15 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 6–163 gp |
| 30-day average | 18 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | -16.7% / +85.7% / -16.1% |
| Instant buy | 15 gp (2026-10-30 08:21 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 14 gp (2026-10-30 08:28 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 20,904 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / 15 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 36 / 15 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 6,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: Exempt
- You receive: 15 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1 gp
- Per buy limit: 6,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 6
- Low alch value: 4
- Profit per cast: -161 gp

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

## Herring price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 11 | 9 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | – | 15 |

Range plotted: 9 to 22 gp, over 83 points.

## Herring price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 7 gp and the highest buy average 257 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 66 | 60 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 36 | 15 |

Range plotted: 4 to 257 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Herring worth in OSRS?

About 15 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 15 gp and the last instant sell 14 gp. Over the last 24 hours 20,904 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Herring?

6,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Herring worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 6 coins. Buying one at 15 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 161 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Herring?

None: Herring is exempt from the Grand Exchange fee.

Item id 347. Prices update every five minutes.

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