# Mackerel price

> Mackerel Grand Exchange price right now (22 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/mackerel
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 355.

Examine: “Some nicely cooked mackerel.”

## Price now

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

**Mackerel is at its cheapest in 90 days.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 22 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 1–5,012 gp |
| 30-day average | 314 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | +9.5% / -80.0% / -97.1% |
| Instant buy | 22 gp (2026-10-30 07:50 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 21 gp (2026-10-30 08:07 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 8,664 |
| 1h average buy / sell | – / 23 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 28 / 23 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 6,000 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: Exempt
- You receive: 22 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 1 gp
- Per buy limit: 6,000 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 9
- Low alch value: 6
- Profit per cast: -165 gp

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

## Mackerel price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 25 | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | – | 23 |

Range plotted: 21 to 70 gp, over 77 points.

## Mackerel price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 1 gp and the highest buy average 99,000 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 59 | 32 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 28 | 23 |

Range plotted: 1 to 99,000 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Mackerel worth in OSRS?

About 22 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 22 gp and the last instant sell 21 gp. Over the last 24 hours 8,664 were traded.

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

6,000 every 4 hours.

### Is Mackerel worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 9 coins. Buying one at 22 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 165 gp loss per cast right now.

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

None: Mackerel is exempt from the Grand Exchange fee.

Item id 355. Prices update every five minutes.

## Related

- [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator)
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- [How we get prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/about)