ABC, Inc. entered into a two$-$year contract to supply XYZ Company with $100,000$ bricks a month at a cost of $$2\mathrm{.}05$ per brick. After the first year, ABC quit delivering the bricks to XYZ $.$ If the expert for ABC computes the damages by reasoning that the loss is the "extra cost" XYZ had to pay to replace the defaulted brick shipments, what would the total damages be$?$ Assume the expert identified relevant brick prices for the type and grade of bricks required under the contract as shown below.

Brick Prices Identified by ABC's Expert

$\backslash$table$[[$Month$,$Price per Brick$],[$January$.,.......$ $$2\mathrm{.}30],[$February$.,2\mathrm{.}05],[$March$,2\mathrm{.}10],[$April$,2\mathrm{.}10],[$May$..,2\mathrm{.}25],[$June$.,2\mathrm{.}30],[$July$,2\mathrm{.}35],[$August$,2\mathrm{.}40],[$September$,2\mathrm{.}30],[$October$,2\mathrm{.}30],[$November$.,2\mathrm{.}25],[$December $.,2\mathrm{.}05]]$