# Shorts (yellow) price

> Shorts (yellow) Grand Exchange price right now (3,973 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/shorts-yellow
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Members item. Item id 5044.

Examine: “Yellow shorts. Far too small for you.”

## Price now

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

**Shorts (yellow) is 202% above its 30-day average.**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 3,973 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 61–16,808 gp |
| 30-day average | 1,315 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / – / +2477.1% |
| Instant buy | 7,920 gp (2026-10-30 06:03 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 25 gp (2026-10-29 23:43 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 50 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 7,920 / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 1,885 / 1,722 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 150 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 158 gp
- You receive: 7,762 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 7,737 gp
- Per buy limit: 1,160,550 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 216
- Low alch value: 144
- Profit per cast: -7,856 gp

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

## Shorts (yellow) price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 1,214 | 25 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 7,920 | – |

Range plotted: 25 to 7,920 gp, over 49 points.

## Shorts (yellow) price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 3 gp and the highest buy average 36,367 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 4,191 | 2,417 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 1,885 | 1,722 |

Range plotted: 3 to 36,367 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Shorts (yellow) worth in OSRS?

About 3,973 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 7,920 gp and the last instant sell 25 gp. Over the last 24 hours 50 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Shorts (yellow)?

150 every 4 hours.

### Is Shorts (yellow) worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 216 coins. Buying one at 7,920 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 7,856 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Shorts (yellow)?

158 gp each at 7,920 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 7,762 gp.

Item id 5044. Prices update every five minutes.

## Related

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