COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 09/30/1999
Name and Address of Manager: Benson Associates, LLC
111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2130
Portland, Oregon 97204
Signature: Mark Cooper
Name: Mark Cooper
Title: President
Phone Number: 503-916-8727
13F File Number: 28-6610
SUMMARY PAGE
Other Included Managers: N/A
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Information Table Entry Total: 174
Information Table Value Total: 432606
INFORMATION TABLE
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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4Front Technologies Inc COM 351042106 3117 220700 SH SOLE 220700
A.T. Cross Co COM 227478104 124 29500 SH SOLE 29500
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A101 309 411745 SH SOLE 411745
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 3742 216900 SH SOLE 216900
Actel Corp COM 004934105 5569 293100 SH SOLE 293100
Alpnet Inc COM 021089107 1339 595000 SH SOLE 595000
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 1950 678295 SH SOLE 678295
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1370 156600 SH SOLE 156600
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 969 104100 SH SOLE 104100
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 2331 236000 SH SOLE 236000
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 1313 375000 SH SOLE 375000
Applied Magnetics Corp COM 038213104 786 898266 SH SOLE 898266
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 231 7500 SH SOLE 7500
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 2683 292000 SH SOLE 292000
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 44137 SH SOLE 44137
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 3998 710713 SH SOLE 710713
Avteam Inc COM 054527205 69 10000 SH SOLE 10000
BWAY Corp COM 056039100 1160 116754 SH SOLE 116754
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 1970 118051 SH SOLE 118051
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 863 766900 SH SOLE 766900
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 2656 524700 SH SOLE 524700
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 2376 64762 SH SOLE 64762
Bonneville Pacific Corp COM 098904204 121 11344 SH SOLE 11344
Brauns Fashions Corp COM 105658108 7879 433200 SH SOLE 433200
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 1582 666270 SH SOLE 666270
Burns Intl Services Corp COM 122374101 9468 587175 SH SOLE 587175
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 1897 322847 SH SOLE 322847
California Micro Devices COM 130439102 1925 439916 SH SOLE 439916
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 1276 443700 SH SOLE 443700
Catherines Stores Corp COM 14916F100 3658 278700 SH SOLE 278700
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corp COM 149564106 2178 308400 SH SOLE 308400
Centigram Communications COM 152317103 3340 305400 SH SOLE 305400
Central Garden & Pet Co COM 153527106 2277 298600 SH SOLE 298600
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 3757 118784 SH SOLE 118784
Coinmach Laundry Corp COM 19259L101 2243 230060 SH SOLE 230060
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 4672 644442 SH SOLE 644442
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 1970 68512 SH SOLE 68512
Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710204 72 10500 SH SOLE 10500
Conseco COM 208464107 341 17953 SH SOLE 17953
Corel Corp COM 21868Q109 3867 522100 SH SOLE 522100
Correctional Svcs Corp COM 219921103 1391 281800 SH SOLE 281800
DA Consulting Group Inc COM 233027101 1545 321100 SH SOLE 321100
Data General Corp COM 237688106 211 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Dayton Superior Corp COM 240028100 3814 224366 SH SOLE 224366
Del Global Technologies Corp COM 245073101 354 45000 SH SOLE 45000
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 6511 215671 SH SOLE 215671
Diagnostic Health Svcs COM 252446406 48 207428 SH SOLE 207428
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 2402 265000 SH SOLE 265000
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 6293 932225 SH SOLE 932225
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 577 23987 SH SOLE 23987
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 3359 233680 SH SOLE 233680
Edutrek International COM 28164K108 39 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 2222 174300 SH SOLE 174300
FEI Co COM 30241L109 3572 472286 SH SOLE 472286
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 3408 332500 SH SOLE 332500
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 4563 115507 SH SOLE 115507
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 2262 177384 SH SOLE 177384
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 4340 406100 SH SOLE 406100
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 4059 295225 SH SOLE 295225
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 6787 256124 SH SOLE 256124
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 1405 108600 SH SOLE 108600
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 6458 378500 SH SOLE 378500
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 223 46380 SH SOLE 46380
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 1558 530384 SH SOLE 530384
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 1709 193899 SH SOLE 193899
GATX Corp COM 361448103 335 10800 SH SOLE 10800
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 1852 463103 SH SOLE 463103
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 684 109375 SH SOLE 109375
Gildan Activewear COM 375916103 4683 271500 SH SOLE 271500
Gleason Corp COM 377339106 4957 291600 SH SOLE 291600
Group Maintenance Amer Corp COM 39943e107 3733 298600 SH SOLE 298600
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 1559 445300 SH SOLE 445300
IEC Electrs Corp COM 44949L105 34 13080 SH SOLE 13080
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 5880 531500 SH SOLE 531500
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 3752 284500 SH SOLE 284500
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 5580 1363143 SH SOLE 1363143
International Bus Mach COM 459200101 496 4100 SH SOLE 4100
International Telecomm Data COM 46047f104 2211 262000 SH SOLE 262000
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 4160 355900 SH SOLE 355900
Judge Group Inc COM 481271104 569 467200 SH SOLE 467200
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 1154 288500 SH SOLE 288500
Leasing Solutions Inc COM 522113109 20 59345 SH SOLE 59345
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 4519 403914 SH SOLE 403914
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 1006 110300 SH SOLE 110300
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 2772 414471 SH SOLE 414471
Mac-Gray Corp COM 554153106 794 122200 SH SOLE 122200
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 4605 515205 SH SOLE 515205
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 3403 386100 SH SOLE 386100
Meditrust Sh Ben Int COM 58501T306 245 28810 SH SOLE 28810
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 4392 512876 SH SOLE 512876
Merit Medical Systems Inc COM 589889104 152 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Metro One Telecommunications I COM 59163F105 1736 90500 SH SOLE 90500
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 4949 250564 SH SOLE 250564
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 138 10400 SH SOLE 10400
Moog Inc COM 615394202 9136 316385 SH SOLE 316385
N2H2 Inc COM 67019F104 193 19700 SH SOLE 19700
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 2679 249200 SH SOLE 249200
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 2677 382400 SH SOLE 382400
Newgen Results COM 651359101 178 16400 SH SOLE 16400
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 3092 90600 SH SOLE 90600
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 5685 363827 SH SOLE 363827
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 924 62650 SH SOLE 62650
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 1503 400800 SH SOLE 400800
Orion Cap Corp COM 686268103 218 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Paracelsus Healthcare Corp COM 698891108 805 858400 SH SOLE 858400
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 2728 218241 SH SOLE 218241
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 128 19500 SH SOLE 19500
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 1764 271371 SH SOLE 271371
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 3526 318773 SH SOLE 318773
Praegitzer Inds Inc COM 739422103 851 189012 SH SOLE 189012
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 1354 309591 SH SOLE 309591
Quidel Corp COM 74838J101 3704 846700 SH SOLE 846700
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 3441 184740 SH SOLE 184740
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 5534 481199 SH SOLE 481199
Roberts Pharmaceutical COM 770491108 369 12200 SH SOLE 12200
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 2596 386400 SH SOLE 386400
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 3360 187975 SH SOLE 187975
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 2957 328600 SH SOLE 328600
Safety Kleen Corp COM 78648R203 163 13500 SH SOLE 13500
Shaw Group Inc COM 820280105 5690 253600 SH SOLE 253600
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4492 181514 SH SOLE 181514
Sound Advice Inc COM 836066100 73 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 6748 446161 SH SOLE 446161
Staff Leasing Inc COM 852381102 2043 204300 SH SOLE 204300
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3549 167994 SH SOLE 167994
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 250 11199 SH SOLE 11199
Styling Technology Corp COM 863905105 129 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 1145 203600 SH SOLE 203600
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 213 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Synthetic Inds Inc COM 871914107 5032 183826 SH SOLE 183826
Systems Software Associates COM 871839205 340 175550 SH SOLE 175550
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 4205 225021 SH SOLE 225021
Titan Exlp Inc COM 888289105 2315 468948 SH SOLE 468948
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 1136 1298200 SH SOLE 1298200
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 1283 707600 SH SOLE 707600
Trigen Energy Corp COM 895930105 9436 411381 SH SOLE 411381
Tro Learning Inc COM 87263R109 1981 344449 SH SOLE 344449
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 1107 136200 SH SOLE 136200
US Liquids Inc COM 902974104 2098 299700 SH SOLE 299700
UST Corp COM 902900109 2346 76284 SH SOLE 76284
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 9784 828300 SH SOLE 828300
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 202 9500 SH SOLE 9500
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4288 357300 SH SOLE 357300
Video Update Inc COM 92657V104 219 637843 SH SOLE 637843
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 9654 470938 SH SOLE 470938
Walden Resident Pptys COM 931210108 3848 176400 SH SOLE 176400
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 202 5104 SH SOLE 5104
Whitehall Jewellers Inc COM 965063100 6916 240548 SH SOLE 240548
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 5441 412559 SH SOLE 412559
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 1386 156202 SH SOLE 156202
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 6755 519600 SH SOLE 519600
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 2001 280800 SH SOLE 280800
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 1767 146500 SH SOLE 146500
LaSalle Re Hldgs Ltd COM g5383q101 2645 190632 SH SOLE 190632
Mitel Corp COM 606711109 159 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 1976 164706 SH SOLE 164706
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 5413 486574 SH SOLE 486574
Smed International Inc COM 83169D104 2043 333600 SH SOLE 333600
Aegon NV ADR 007924103 205 2372 SH SOLE 2372
Arcadis N V ADR n0605m105 3181 397565 SH SOLE 397565
Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 1806 996600 SH SOLE 996600
Medeva PLC ADR 58410h203 3105 357400 SH SOLE 357400
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 1504 3906700 PRN SOLE 3906700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 389 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 306 405000 PRN SOLE 405000
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452caa2 3 345100 PRN SOLE 345100
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452cab0 4 412800 PRN SOLE 412800
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 2245 3140200 PRN SOLE 3140200
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 192 6999500 PRN SOLE 6999500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 2764 3145600 PRN SOLE 3145600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 464 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1263 1540000 PRN SOLE 1540000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 2681 6765000 PRN SOLE 6765000
Titan Corp CONV 888266aa1 1696 419700 PRN SOLE 419700
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