On January 1, 2021, Sanderson Variety Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Accounting records provided the following information: Beginning inventory Net purchases Cost Retail $ 40,800 $ 68,000 155,440 270,000 Net markups 6,000 Net markdowns Net sales Retail price index, end of year 8,000 250,000 1.02 During 2022, purchases at cost and retail were $168,000 and $301,000, respectively. Net markups, net markdowns, and net sales for the year were $3,000, $4,000, and $280,000, respectively. The retail price index at the end of 2022 was 1.06. Estimate ending Inventory in 2022 using the dollar-value LIFO retail method. (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Ending inventory $ 196,240