Is crafting Heavy Leather profitable on the auction house?

On US & AU RP PvP · Horde, trusted material cost is 6s 0c and trusted sale is 2s 55c, for about -3s 58c profit per craft (-60% margin after the 5% AH cut). ahprice uses shared scan averages, not lone inflated listings.

What does it cost to craft Heavy Leather?

Material cost for Heavy Leather is about 6s 0c on US & AU RP PvP · Horde, including cheaper vendor buys and intermediate crafts when they beat buying the finished material.

Heavy Leather craft profit

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Heavy Leather

Craft flip · Leatherworking · skill 150 · US & AU RP PvP · Horde

Profitⓘ−3s 58c

Marginⓘ-60%

Mat cost6s 0c

Sale2s 55c

Make Heavy Leather (Leatherworking, skill 150).

Craft 5 Medium Leather at 1s 20c each instead of buying at 1s 24c each
- Craft 20 Light Leather at 30c each instead of buying at 32c each
  - Buy 60 Ruined Leather Scraps at 10c each (173 are listed)

66 are listed at 2s 55c, so a craft clears about -3s 58c over the 6s 0c of materials, after the 5% auction house cut.

Latest listing is 5s 41c (+112% vs true value)—treat as unverified.

Material cost 6s 0c. Trusted sale 2s 55c. Profitⓘ 3s 58c under cost (-60%). 66 are listed. Latest listing 5s 41c. Seen across 2 snapshots, 1d ago.

Material	Qty	Price used	Obtained	True Value	Latest scan	Snapshots
Medium Leather	5	1s 20c	Craft Medium Leather from 20× Light Leather (cheaper than buying at 1s 24c each)	1s 24c	10h ago	2
Light Leather	20	30c	Craft Light Leather from 60× Ruined Leather Scraps (cheaper than buying at 32c each)	32c	10h ago	2
Ruined Leather Scraps	60	10c	173 are listed	10c	10h ago	2

Heavy Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	2s 55c	—	2104
2026-11-08 07:04	us-rppvp-horde	5s 41c	66	1963
2026-11-08 07:04	us-rppvp-horde	5s 41c	—	1963
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	7s 0c	7	981

Medium Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	1s 24c	—	9755
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	1s 50c	38	4489

Light Leather

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	32c	—	5737
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	36c	20	2238

Ruined Leather Scraps

Seen	Realm	Lowest	Qty at low	Total listed
2026-11-09 07:16	us-rppvp-horde	10c	—	2268
2026-11-07 16:37	us-rppvp-horde	10c	173	1903