Check real-time gold spot prices updated every 5 minutes. See what your gold is worth at current market rates with our free gold value calculator.
The gold spot price is the current market price for one troy ounce of pure gold (24K). It fluctuates throughout the trading day on global exchanges like COMEX and the London Bullion Market. Below are today's live gold prices per gram for every common karat, updated automatically every five minutes.
Want to know exactly what your gold is worth? Use our free gold value calculator. Select the karat, enter the weight, and see your estimated payout based on the live spot price. No signup, no obligation — just instant, transparent gold pricing.
Gold prices are driven by global supply and demand, central bank monetary policy, inflation expectations, currency fluctuations (especially the US dollar), and geopolitical uncertainty. When economic uncertainty rises, investors turn to gold as a safe-haven asset, pushing prices higher. The spot price is quoted in US dollars per troy ounce and serves as the benchmark for all gold transactions worldwide.
The karat system measures the purity of gold. 24K is pure gold (99.9%), while lower karats indicate gold alloyed with other metals for durability. Most gold jewelry is 10K, 14K, or 18K. The higher the karat, the more gold content and the higher the melt value. When you sell gold jewelry, the karat and weight determine your payout.
Scrap gold prices are based on the gold content of the piece minus a refining margin. At GetGoldValue, we pay up to 80% of spot for scrap gold. Bullion prices track spot more closely because investment-grade gold coins and bars require minimal refining — we pay up to 90% of spot for bullion items.
In addition to gold, we track and buy all precious metals including silver, platinum, and palladium. Silver prices are typically quoted per troy ounce alongside gold. Check our live ticker above for current gold and silver pricing, or use our calculator for an instant valuation of your precious metals.
Gold prices fluctuate daily. Timing your sale to coincide with a price increase can add significant value, especially on larger lots. Our live price ticker refreshes every five minutes so you always know the current market. Many sellers watch for multi-day highs before bringing in their gold. Whether you want to get cash for gold today or monitor prices for the right moment, GetGoldValue gives you real-time data and same-day payment when you're ready.
The gold spot price changes throughout the trading day. Our live ticker at the top of this page shows the current price per ounce and per gram for all karats, updated every 5 minutes from the global spot market.
Use our free gold calculator: select your karat (10K–24K), enter the weight in grams, and get an instant payout estimate based on the live gold spot price.
Gold prices are influenced by inflation, currency movements, central bank policies, geopolitical events, and supply/demand dynamics. Prices are determined on global exchanges like COMEX and the London Bullion Market.
The spot price is a global benchmark, but what a buyer pays you depends on their markup. Pawnshops typically pay 50–60% of spot. GetGoldValue pays up to 80% for jewelry and scrap, and up to 90% for bullion — among the highest rates in Los Angeles.
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The gold spot price you see quoted on financial sites is a wholesale benchmark for one troy ounce of pure gold. It is the starting point for your payout, not the number that lands in your hand. Knowing how that benchmark gets adjusted is the difference between accepting a fair offer and second-guessing it.
Two factors move the spot price before it becomes your offer: purity and weight. Most jewelry is not pure gold. A 14K piece is 58.3 percent gold; an 18K piece is 75 percent. We weigh your items in grams, convert the spot price from troy ounces to grams, then multiply by the actual gold content. A 10-gram 14K chain does not pay on 10 grams of gold; it pays on roughly 5.83 grams. That math is fixed and verifiable, and we show it to you.
From the pure-metal value, a refining and handling margin is applied. This covers melting, assay, and the cost of moving metal to the refiner. It is the spread between wholesale spot and what a buyer can pay while staying in business. Reputable buyers state this margin as a clear percentage of spot. If a buyer will not tell you what percentage of spot they pay, that is the number to ask for before anything else.
Ask three questions. First, what is today's spot price the offer is based on? Spot moves every few seconds during market hours, so the quote should be timestamped. Second, what karat and weight did the scale read, and can you watch it weigh? A calibrated scale and a stated karat test leave no room for guessing. Third, what percentage of spot does the final cash figure represent? Once you have those three numbers, you can check the arithmetic yourself.
A few things legitimately lower a payout. Solder, clasps, and gemstones are not gold and get deducted. Heavily plated items may carry only a thin gold layer over base metal, which assays low. Coins and bullion, by contrast, often pay closer to spot because purity is known and refining is minimal. We sort these categories separately so each item is paid on its own merits rather than lumped into one blended rate.
The honest version of this process is boring on purpose: weigh, test, quote against a timestamped spot price, apply a stated margin, pay. There is no upsell and no pressure to decide on the spot. You are free to take the figures home, watch the spot price for a day or two, and come back. The numbers will still add up the same way, because the formula does not change based on how quickly you say yes.