Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows:

1. The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $43,000 and a cost of $33,210 based on the conventional retail method.
2. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:

	Cost			Retail
Gross purchases	$	249,510		$	470,000
Purchase returns		6,300			22,000
Purchase discounts		4,800
Gross sales					446,500
Sales returns					8,000
Employee discounts					4,500
Freight-in		26,500
Net markups					23,000
Net markdowns					22,000

Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

3. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $55,080, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 76%, and the appropriate price index was 102% of the January 1, 2020, price level.
4. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $47,250, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 75%, and the appropriate price index was 105% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

Required: 2. Estimate ending inventory for 2019 assuming Raleigh Department Store used the LIFO retail method. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)