Fulbright Corporation uses the periodic inventory system. During its first year of operations, Fulbright made the following purchases $($listed in chronological order of acquisition$)$:

$44$ units at $$109$ per unit

$71$ units at $$72$ per unit

$172$ units at $$53$ per unit

Sales for the year totaled $258$ units, leaving $29$ units on hand at the end of the year.

Cost of Goods Sold using the LIFO method is:

$$2,071$

$$15,863$

$$17,024$

$$16,156$