Morganton Company makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget:

The budgeted selling price per unit is $$60.$ Budgeted unit sales for June, July, August, and September are $8,000,11,000,13,000,$ and $14,000$ units, respectively. All sales are on credit.

Thirty percent of credit sales are collected in the month of the sale and $70\%$ in the following month.

The ending finished goods inventory equals $25\%$ of the following month$$s unit sales.

The ending raw materials inventory equals $10\%$ of the following month$$s raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires $5$ pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $$2\mathrm{.}20$ per pound.

Twenty percent of raw materials purchases are paid for in the month of purchase and $80\%$ in the following month.

The direct labor wage rate is $$12$ per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires two direct labor$-$hours.

The variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold is $$1\mathrm{.}20.$ The fixed selling and administrative expense per month is $$61,000.$

If $66,250$ pounds of raw materials are needed to meet production in August, how many pounds of raw materials should be purchased in July?