On January 1, 2021, Avondale Lumber adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory value for its one inventory pool on this date was $355,000. An internally generated cost index is used to convert ending inventory to base year. Year-end inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one inventory pool were as follows:

Year Ended Inventory Cost Index
December 31 Year-End Costs (Relative to Base Year)
2021 $ 440,640 1.02
2022 453,680 1.06
2023 511,460 1.07
2024 552,200 1.10

Calculate inventory amounts at the end of each year.

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