Hesterman Corporation makes one product and has provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

Budgeted selling price per unit

$

118

Budgeted unit sales (all on credit):

April

7,800

May

9,400

June

14,000

July

12,100

-

Raw materials requirement per unit of output

3

pounds

Raw materials cost

$

3.00

per pound

Direct labor requirement per unit of output

2.8

direct labor-hours

Direct labor wage rate

$

25.00

per direct labor-hour

-

Credit sales are collected:

40% in the month of the sale

60% in the following month

The ending finished goods inventory should equal 40% of the following month's sales. The ending raw materials inventory should equal 20% of the following month's raw materials production needs.

If 39,720 pounds of raw materials are required for production in June, then the budgeted cost of raw material purchases for May is closest to: