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Ruiz Co. provides the following sales forecast for the next four months:

	April		May		June		July
Sales (units)	550		630		580		670

The company wants to end each month with ending finished goods inventory equal to 40% of next month's forecasted sales. Finished goods inventory on April 1 is 220 units. Assume July's budgeted production is 580 units. In addition, each finished unit requires five pounds (lbs.) of raw materials and the company wants to end each month with raw materials inventory equal to 40% of next month's production needs. Beginning raw materials inventory for April was 1,164 pounds. Assume direct materials cost $6 per pound. Prepare a direct materials budget for April, May, and June. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) RUIZ CO Direct Materials Budget For April, May, and June April May June Materials needed for production (lbs.) Total materials requirements (lbs.) Materials to be purchased (lbs.) Total budgeted direct materials cost