diff --git a/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.spec.ts b/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f0559c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest';
+import {appraiseItemBalances} from './balanceAppraisal';
+import type {MarketTypePrice} from '@/market';
+
+const price = (id: number, buy: number, sell: number): MarketTypePrice => ({
+    type: {id, name: `type-${id}`} as MarketTypePrice['type'],
+    buy,
+    sell,
+    orderCount: 1,
+});
+
+describe('appraiseItemBalances', () => {
+    test('sums quantity times buy and sell across stacks', () => {
+        const result = appraiseItemBalances(
+            [{typeId: 1, quantity: 2}, {typeId: 2, quantity: 3}],
+            [price(1, 10, 12), price(2, 100, 110)],
+        );
+
+        expect(result).toEqual({buy: 2 * 10 + 3 * 100, sell: 2 * 12 + 3 * 110});
+    });
+
+    test('ignores stacks with no resolved price', () => {
+        const result = appraiseItemBalances(
+            [{typeId: 1, quantity: 2}, {typeId: 99, quantity: 5}],
+            [price(1, 10, 12)],
+        );
+
+        expect(result).toEqual({buy: 20, sell: 24});
+    });
+
+    test('returns zero totals for no items', () => {
+        expect(appraiseItemBalances([], [])).toEqual({buy: 0, sell: 0});
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.ts b/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79b8d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ledger/balanceAppraisal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {ItemBalanceResponse} from "@/generated/mammon";
+import {MarketTypePrice} from "@/market";
+
+export interface ItemBalanceAppraisal {
+    buy: number;
+    sell: number;
+}
+
+export const appraiseItemBalances = (
+    itemBalances: ItemBalanceResponse[],
+    prices: MarketTypePrice[],
+): ItemBalanceAppraisal => {
+    const priceByTypeId = new Map(prices.map(p => [p.type.id, p]));
+
+    return itemBalances.reduce<ItemBalanceAppraisal>((totals, {typeId, quantity}) => {
+        const price = priceByTypeId.get(typeId);
+
+        if (price) {
+            totals.buy += quantity * price.buy;
+            totals.sell += quantity * price.sell;
+        }
+
+        return totals;
+    }, {buy: 0, sell: 0});
+};
diff --git a/src/ledger/index.ts b/src/ledger/index.ts
index 441a9d3..ea43500 100644
--- a/src/ledger/index.ts
+++ b/src/ledger/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './ledger';
+export * from './balanceAppraisal';
 
 export {default as LedgerLabel} from './LedgerLabel.vue';
 export {default as LedgerSelect} from './LedgerSelect.vue';
diff --git a/src/pages/ledger/ViewLedger.vue b/src/pages/ledger/ViewLedger.vue
index 4d8bd07..b472fde 100644
--- a/src/pages/ledger/ViewLedger.vue
+++ b/src/pages/ledger/ViewLedger.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import {RouterLink, RouterView} from 'vue-router';
-import {isMain, LedgerLabel, useLedgerParam} from "@/ledger";
+import {appraiseItemBalances, getLedgerBalance, isMain, LedgerLabel, useLedgerParam} from "@/ledger";
 import {routeNames} from "@/routes.ts";
-import {IskLabel} from "@/market";
+import {getMarketTypes, getPrices, IskLabel} from "@/market";
+import {computedAsync} from "@vueuse/core";
 
-const {ledger} = useLedgerParam();
+const {ledgerId, ledger} = useLedgerParam();
+
+const itemAppraisal = computedAsync(async () => {
+  if (!ledgerId.value) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const {itemBalances} = await getLedgerBalance(ledgerId.value);
+
+  if (itemBalances.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const types = await getMarketTypes([...new Set(itemBalances.map(i => i.typeId))]);
+  const prices = await getPrices(types);
+  const appraisal = appraiseItemBalances(itemBalances, prices);
+
+  return appraisal.buy === 0 && appraisal.sell === 0 ? undefined : appraisal;
+}, undefined);
 
 </script>
 
@@ -14,8 +33,12 @@ const {ledger} = useLedgerParam();
       <div class="flex w-full">
         <LedgerLabel :ledger="ledger" :link="false" />
       </div>
-      <div class="flex justify-end w-full">
-        <IskLabel class="mb-2" :amount="ledger.balance" />
+      <div class="flex justify-end items-baseline gap-3 w-full mb-2">
+        <span v-if="itemAppraisal" class="text-sm text-gray-400">
+          ~<IskLabel :amount="itemAppraisal.buy" :colored="false" /> buy /
+          ~<IskLabel :amount="itemAppraisal.sell" :colored="false" /> sell
+        </span>
+        <IskLabel :amount="ledger.balance" />
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="flex border-b-2 border-emerald-500 mt-4">