Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows: The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $31,000 and a cost of $11,000 based on the conventional retail method. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:

Cost Retail Gross purchases $ 570,000 $ 953,000 Purchase returns 6,000 4,000 Purchase discounts 5,000 Gross sales 958,000 Sales returns 5,000 Employee discounts 3,000 Freight-in 20,000 Net markups 20,000 Net markdowns 4,000 Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $48,150, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 42%, and the appropriate price index was 107% of the January 1, 2020, price level. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $43,450, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 41%, and the appropriate price index was 110% of the January 1, 2020, price level. Required: 1. Estimate ending inventory for 2019 using the conventional retail method.