COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 06/30/1999
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: 169
Information Table Value Total: 448303
INFORMATION TABLE<TABLE>
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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
A.T. Cross Co COM 227478104 958 172297 SH SOLE 172297
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A101 472 359545 SH SOLE 359545
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 4766 214200 SH SOLE 214200
Actel Corp COM 004934105 3645 247100 SH SOLE 247100
Allstar Systems, Inc COM 019892108 152 90000 SH SOLE 90000
Alpnet Inc COM 021089107 966 542500 SH SOLE 542500
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 2834 638695 SH SOLE 638695
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1488 156600 SH SOLE 156600
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 1152 102400 SH SOLE 102400
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 805 81000 SH SOLE 81000
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 1058 338700 SH SOLE 338700
Applied Magnetics Corp COM 038213104 1455 465733 SH SOLE 465733
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 330 7500 SH SOLE 7500
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 2891 292800 SH SOLE 292800
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 44137 SH SOLE 44137
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 5497 656313 SH SOLE 656313
Avteam Inc COM 054527205 73 10000 SH SOLE 10000
BWAY Corp COM 056039100 1721 120754 SH SOLE 120754
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 1724 101051 SH SOLE 101051
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 1491 745400 SH SOLE 745400
Banctec Inc COM 059784108 5160 287686 SH SOLE 287686
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 3161 488700 SH SOLE 488700
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 2793 73862 SH SOLE 73862
Brauns Fashions Corp COM 105658108 6090 425500 SH SOLE 425500
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 3557 654070 SH SOLE 654070
Burns Intl Services Corp COM 122374101 10989 540975 SH SOLE 540975
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 2649 316247 SH SOLE 316247
California Micro Devices COM 130439102 993 441416 SH SOLE 441416
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 2308 369300 SH SOLE 369300
Catherines Stores Corp COM 14916F100 3428 277000 SH SOLE 277000
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corp COM 149564106 2589 306800 SH SOLE 306800
Centigram Communications COM 152317103 2800 300700 SH SOLE 300700
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 4324 116484 SH SOLE 116484
Coinmach Laundry Corp COM 19259L101 2768 218160 SH SOLE 218160
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 4228 598642 SH SOLE 598642
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 2052 72012 SH SOLE 72012
Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710204 1780 281939 SH SOLE 281939
Conseco COM 208464107 288 9453 SH SOLE 9453
DA Consulting Group Inc COM 233027101 1209 201500 SH SOLE 201500
Data General Corp COM 237688106 146 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Dayton Superior Corp COM 240028100 3927 211566 SH SOLE 211566
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 6503 181271 SH SOLE 181271
Diagnostic Health Svcs COM 252446406 242 369328 SH SOLE 369328
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 3265 265200 SH SOLE 265200
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 7510 1035825 SH SOLE 1035825
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 798 23987 SH SOLE 23987
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 3283 222580 SH SOLE 222580
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 1987 168200 SH SOLE 168200
FEI Co COM 30241L109 3698 448186 SH SOLE 448186
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 3277 257000 SH SOLE 257000
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 3932 115007 SH SOLE 115007
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 2164 164084 SH SOLE 164084
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 2116 185000 SH SOLE 185000
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 3733 279125 SH SOLE 279125
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 6763 233724 SH SOLE 233724
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 2291 151500 SH SOLE 151500
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 5375 427900 SH SOLE 427900
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 281 47880 SH SOLE 47880
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 1910 517884 SH SOLE 517884
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 1638 188499 SH SOLE 188499
GATX Corp COM 361448103 362 9500 SH SOLE 9500
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 2723 453803 SH SOLE 453803
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 660 1063973 SH SOLE 1063973
Gildan Activewear COM 375916103 5550 328900 SH SOLE 328900
Gleason Corp COM 377339106 4808 286000 SH SOLE 286000
Group Maintenance Amer Corp COM 39943e107 3682 284600 SH SOLE 284600
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 1090 435800 SH SOLE 435800
Harvey Entertainment Co COM 417662103 642 133500 SH SOLE 133500
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 5172 591100 SH SOLE 591100
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 4249 278600 SH SOLE 278600
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 6369 1306543 SH SOLE 1306543
International Bus Mach COM 459200101 530 4100 SH SOLE 4100
International Telecomm Data COM 46047f104 3334 208400 SH SOLE 208400
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 3175 340900 SH SOLE 340900
Judge Group Inc COM 481271104 786 503200 SH SOLE 503200
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 1361 315700 SH SOLE 315700
Leasing Solutions Inc COM 522113109 192 256545 SH SOLE 256545
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 4571 393214 SH SOLE 393214
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 1241 110300 SH SOLE 110300
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 2177 374571 SH SOLE 374571
Mac-Gray Corp COM 554153106 2755 314900 SH SOLE 314900
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 5343 505805 SH SOLE 505805
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 3402 375400 SH SOLE 375400
Meditrust Sh Ben Int COM 58501T306 180 13810 SH SOLE 13810
Mellon Bk Corp COM 585509102 200 5508 SH SOLE 5508
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 5267 411076 SH SOLE 411076
Metro One Telecommunications I COM 59163F105 1891 137500 SH SOLE 137500
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 3767 233589 SH SOLE 233589
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 136 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Moog Inc COM 615394202 10614 308785 SH SOLE 308785
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 1388 150000 SH SOLE 150000
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 3605 357200 SH SOLE 357200
Newgen Results COM 651359101 869 72400 SH SOLE 72400
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 3282 104800 SH SOLE 104800
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 5808 349327 SH SOLE 349327
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 2132 133250 SH SOLE 133250
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 1930 386000 SH SOLE 386000
Paracelsus Healthcare Corp COM 698891108 1131 861400 SH SOLE 861400
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 3380 199541 SH SOLE 199541
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 119 10600 SH SOLE 10600
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 2103 271371 SH SOLE 271371
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 3939 282648 SH SOLE 282648
Praegitzer Inds Inc COM 739422103 1138 191712 SH SOLE 191712
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 1097 261941 SH SOLE 261941
Quidel Corp COM 74838J101 2714 851500 SH SOLE 851500
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 3618 184940 SH SOLE 184940
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 5877 467799 SH SOLE 467799
Roberts Pharmaceutical COM 770491108 6739 280789 SH SOLE 280789
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 3120 375300 SH SOLE 375300
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 3154 183485 SH SOLE 183485
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 3732 321000 SH SOLE 321000
Safety Kleen Corp COM 78648R203 181 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Shaw Group Inc COM 820280105 3967 249900 SH SOLE 249900
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4839 178414 SH SOLE 178414
Sound Advice Inc COM 836066100 74 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 7857 416261 SH SOLE 416261
Staff Leasing Inc COM 852381102 3179 246900 SH SOLE 246900
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3645 161994 SH SOLE 161994
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 342 11199 SH SOLE 11199
Styling Technology Corp COM 863905105 130 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 2564 198200 SH SOLE 198200
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 198 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Synthetic Inds Inc COM 871914107 5340 181026 SH SOLE 181026
Systems Software Associates COM 871839106 1143 690100 SH SOLE 690100
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 4240 206821 SH SOLE 206821
Titan Exlp Inc COM 888289105 908 181648 SH SOLE 181648
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 1552 1379300 SH SOLE 1379300
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 1176 672000 SH SOLE 672000
Transamerica Corp COM 893485102 300 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Trigen Energy Corp COM 895930105 7708 405681 SH SOLE 405681
Tro Learning Inc COM 87263R109 2043 333549 SH SOLE 333549
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 1052 112200 SH SOLE 112200
UST Corp COM 902900109 5405 178684 SH SOLE 178684
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 9616 805500 SH SOLE 805500
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 209 9500 SH SOLE 9500
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4050 353600 SH SOLE 353600
Video Update Inc COM 92657V104 587 722443 SH SOLE 722443
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 7168 516638 SH SOLE 516638
Walden Resident Pptys COM 931210108 3502 162900 SH SOLE 162900
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 218 5104 SH SOLE 5104
Whitehall Jewellers Inc COM 965063100 6460 242048 SH SOLE 242048
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 5862 359359 SH SOLE 359359
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 1348 130702 SH SOLE 130702
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 8044 564500 SH SOLE 564500
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 2380 282100 SH SOLE 282100
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 2137 140100 SH SOLE 140100
LaSalle Re Hldgs Ltd COM g5383q101 3241 190632 SH SOLE 190632
Mitel Corp COM 606711109 133 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 1834 159506 SH SOLE 159506
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 4159 418474 SH SOLE 418474
Smed International Inc COM 83169D104 1552 304600 SH SOLE 304600
Triple P N V COM n88795104 49 20060 SH SOLE 20060
Arcadis N V ADR n0605m105 3136 380165 SH SOLE 380165
Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 1634 933600 SH SOLE 933600
Medeva PLC ADR 58410h203 2196 313700 SH SOLE 313700
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 942 2801700 PRN SOLE 2801700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 329 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Air & Water Technologies CONV 009058aa6 250 288600 PRN SOLE 288600
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 195 250000 PRN SOLE 250000
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452caa2 14 345100 PRN SOLE 345100
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452cab0 17 412800 PRN SOLE 412800
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 2518 2980200 PRN SOLE 2980200
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 191 4502500 PRN SOLE 4502500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 2514 3010600 PRN SOLE 3010600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 457 450000 PRN SOLE 450000
Platinum Technolgy Intl CONV 72764tad3 350 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1169 1475000 PRN SOLE 1475000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 2036 5775000 PRN SOLE 5775000
Titan Corp CONV 888266aa1 1378 441700 PRN SOLE 441700
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