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 $43,000 and a cost of $33,210 based on the conventional retail method. 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. 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. 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.)