COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 06/31/2000
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: 183
Information Table Value Total: 449647
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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3Dlabs Inc Ltd COM G8846W103 114 30000 SH SOLE 30000
ADAC Laboratories COM 005313200 6646 276900 SH SOLE 276900
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A309 51 58229 SH SOLE 58229
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 2324 185000 SH SOLE 185000
Actel Corp COM 004934105 776 17000 SH SOLE 17000
Advanta Corp Cl B COM 007942204 1717 202000 SH SOLE 202000
Aetna Inc COM 008117103 225 3500 SH SOLE 3500
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 2134 416395 SH SOLE 416395
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1209 119400 SH SOLE 119400
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 927 104400 SH SOLE 104400
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 2730 240000 SH SOLE 240000
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 4454 121600 SH SOLE 121600
Applied Graphics Tech Inc COM 037937109 247 58100 SH SOLE 58100
Applied Industrial Technologie COM 03820C105 6339 387100 SH SOLE 387100
Applied Magnetics Corp COM 038213104 2 214890 SH SOLE 214890
Ashworth Inc COM 04516H101 151 33900 SH SOLE 33900
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 278 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 1843 320600 SH SOLE 320600
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 29709 SH SOLE 29709
Ault Inc COM 051503100 133 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 1203 801813 SH SOLE 801813
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 2700 135014 SH SOLE 135014
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 1846 1055000 SH SOLE 1055000
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 3598 523400 SH SOLE 523400
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 1270 52362 SH SOLE 52362
Bell Microproducts Inc COM 078137106 6791 369600 SH SOLE 369600
Brauns Fashions COM 171046105 7774 211900 SH SOLE 211900
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 1607 584344 SH SOLE 584344
Burns Intl Services Corp COM 122374101 6933 554639 SH SOLE 554639
CONMED Corp COM 207410101 2168 83800 SH SOLE 83800
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 2759 367845 SH SOLE 367845
Carreker-Antinori Inc COM 144433109 144 16000 SH SOLE 16000
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 919 474300 SH SOLE 474300
Cato Corp COM 149205106 2537 218200 SH SOLE 218200
Centigram Communications COM 152317103 3740 146300 SH SOLE 146300
Central Garden & Pet Co COM 153527106 3413 380500 SH SOLE 380500
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 4956 143384 SH SOLE 143384
Coinmach Laundry Corp COM 19259L101 3112 219360 SH SOLE 219360
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 2478 558442 SH SOLE 558442
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 2066 75136 SH SOLE 75136
Comshare Inc COM 205912108 2112 444600 SH SOLE 444600
Conseco COM 208464107 300 30800 SH SOLE 30800
Correctional Svcs Corp COM 219921103 874 222000 SH SOLE 222000
Danielson Holding Corp COM 236274106 304 62377 SH SOLE 62377
Del Global Technologies Corp COM 245073101 3556 365900 SH SOLE 365900
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 10670 314409 SH SOLE 314409
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 1887 239600 SH SOLE 239600
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 1684 1224525 SH SOLE 1224525
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 707 65409 SH SOLE 65409
EEX Corp COM 26842V207 2681 461210 SH SOLE 461210
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 2573 255680 SH SOLE 255680
Encompass Services Corp COM 29255U104 2249 391190 SH SOLE 391190
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 2463 179100 SH SOLE 179100
Exide Corp COM 302051107 3510 438800 SH SOLE 438800
FEI Co COM 30241L109 6829 223886 SH SOLE 223886
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 1113 228300 SH SOLE 228300
Fargo Electronics Inc COM 30744P102 1515 425400 SH SOLE 425400
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 3333 107727 SH SOLE 107727
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 3189 257684 SH SOLE 257684
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 3570 194300 SH SOLE 194300
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 4010 308425 SH SOLE 308425
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 8484 425524 SH SOLE 425524
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 709 109000 SH SOLE 109000
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 8029 503800 SH SOLE 503800
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 93 29260 SH SOLE 29260
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 1530 510084 SH SOLE 510084
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 813 164599 SH SOLE 164599
GATX Corp COM 361448103 595 17500 SH SOLE 17500
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 2366 525803 SH SOLE 525803
GSI Lumonics Inc COM 36229U102 1528 43500 SH SOLE 43500
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 246 48455 SH SOLE 48455
Gildan Activewear COM 375916103 2514 68400 SH SOLE 68400
Greenbrier Companies Inc COM 393657101 109 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Guest Supply Inc COM 401630108 182 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Gymboree Corp COM 403777105 84 27900 SH SOLE 27900
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 807 527100 SH SOLE 527100
Harcourt General Corp COM 41163G101 250 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Health Management Systems Inc COM 42219m100 2154 689400 SH SOLE 689400
Hypercom Corp COM 44913M105 1400 97400 SH SOLE 97400
IEC Electrs Corp COM 44949L105 65 41580 SH SOLE 41580
Infinium Software Inc COM 45662Y109 1422 355500 SH SOLE 355500
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 1621 411700 SH SOLE 411700
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 2785 266800 SH SOLE 266800
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 2532 413443 SH SOLE 413443
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 3575 186300 SH SOLE 186300
Judge.com Inc COM 481271104 1635 872100 SH SOLE 872100
Keystone Automotive Inds Inc COM 49338n109 3190 459800 SH SOLE 459800
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 466 186200 SH SOLE 186200
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 5257 469914 SH SOLE 469914
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 621 87100 SH SOLE 87100
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 4824 518015 SH SOLE 518015
Mackie Designs Inc COM 554541102 101 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 4058 507256 SH SOLE 507256
Mail Well Inc COM 560321200 107 12400 SH SOLE 12400
Material Sciences Corp COM 576674105 4585 458500 SH SOLE 458500
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 3844 389300 SH SOLE 389300
Meditrust Corp COM 58501T306 3822 1019210 SH SOLE 1019210
Mellon Bk Corp COM 585509102 201 5508 SH SOLE 5508
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 2724 137076 SH SOLE 137076
Merit Medical Systems Inc COM 589889104 2025 311500 SH SOLE 311500
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 4780 303502 SH SOLE 303502
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 212 27800 SH SOLE 27800
Moog Inc COM 615394202 9711 368185 SH SOLE 368185
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 4045 193200 SH SOLE 193200
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 4337 525700 SH SOLE 525700
Newgen Results COM 651359101 6869 416300 SH SOLE 416300
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 2182 110500 SH SOLE 110500
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 4613 388427 SH SOLE 388427
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 2076 152350 SH SOLE 152350
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 1738 218100 SH SOLE 218100
PLATO Learning Inc COM 72764Y100 4335 315249 SH SOLE 315249
PTEK Holdings Inc COM 69366M104 1853 570100 SH SOLE 570100
Parexel International Corp COM 699462107 902 94300 SH SOLE 94300
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 1869 216641 SH SOLE 216641
Performance Food Group COM 713755106 6208 194000 SH SOLE 194000
PerkinElmer, Inc COM 714046109 231 3500 SH SOLE 3500
PictureTel Corp COM 720035302 901 343300 SH SOLE 343300
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 188 19300 SH SOLE 19300
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 7369 569601 SH SOLE 569601
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 4767 323173 SH SOLE 323173
Pure Resources Inc COM 74622E102 5448 304789 SH SOLE 304789
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 3416 674841 SH SOLE 674841
Qualstar Corp COM 74758R109 1723 225000 SH SOLE 225000
Quicksilver Resources Inc COM 74837r104 1920 269500 SH SOLE 269500
Quidel Corp COM 74838J101 567 108000 SH SOLE 108000
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 3240 167200 SH SOLE 167200
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 5727 487399 SH SOLE 487399
Regis Corp COM 758932107 3314 265100 SH SOLE 265100
RehabCare Group Inc COM 759148109 3319 121800 SH SOLE 121800
Remedytemp Inc COM 759549108 1868 152500 SH SOLE 152500
Respironics Inc COM 761230101 4313 239600 SH SOLE 239600
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 1954 386000 SH SOLE 386000
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 2320 139680 SH SOLE 139680
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 3834 454400 SH SOLE 454400
S3 Inc COM 784849101 2435 165100 SH SOLE 165100
Shaw Group Inc COM 820280105 5745 121900 SH SOLE 121900
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4082 181414 SH SOLE 181414
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 4395 390661 SH SOLE 390661
St. Jude Medical Inc COM 790849103 358 7800 SH SOLE 7800
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3423 155594 SH SOLE 155594
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 226 6949 SH SOLE 6949
Steven Madden Ltd COM 556269108 1320 201200 SH SOLE 201200
Stride Rite Corp COM 863314100 2154 351600 SH SOLE 351600
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 2254 445200 SH SOLE 445200
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 414 18000 SH SOLE 18000
THQ Inc COM 872443403 2236 183500 SH SOLE 183500
TXU Corp COM 873168108 236 8000 SH SOLE 8000
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 3360 189944 SH SOLE 189944
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 251 668100 SH SOLE 668100
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 448 530900 SH SOLE 530900
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 2468 308500 SH SOLE 308500
US Liquids Inc COM 902974104 2127 386800 SH SOLE 386800
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 10835 722300 SH SOLE 722300
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 314 9700 SH SOLE 9700
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4064 277900 SH SOLE 277900
Vicorp Restaurants Inc COM 925817108 2018 110600 SH SOLE 110600
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 9861 571675 SH SOLE 571675
Westcoast Hospitality Corp COM 95750P106 1985 283600 SH SOLE 283600
Westcorp Inc COM 957907108 192 16120 SH SOLE 16120
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 5305 848759 SH SOLE 848759
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 983 131102 SH SOLE 131102
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 2660 224000 SH SOLE 224000
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 968 231200 SH SOLE 231200
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 3232 269300 SH SOLE 269300
LaSalle Re Hldgs Ltd COM g5383q101 5548 391032 SH SOLE 391032
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 2265 135221 SH SOLE 135221
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 3102 491474 SH SOLE 491474
Arcadis N V ADR n0605m105 2549 407825 SH SOLE 407825
Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 1228 755600 SH SOLE 755600
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 1480 7005700 PRN SOLE 7005700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 228 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 273 405000 PRN SOLE 405000
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452caa2 0 275900 PRN SOLE 275900
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452cab0 0 321800 PRN SOLE 321800
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 973 4865200 PRN SOLE 4865200
HMT Technology Corp CONV 403917ad9 215 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 61 6139500 PRN SOLE 6139500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 2751 3207600 PRN SOLE 3207600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 116 150000 PRN SOLE 150000
Personnel Group of America CONV 715338ae9 125 300000 PRN SOLE 300000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1105 1390000 PRN SOLE 1390000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 336 6105000 PRN SOLE 6105000
Westcorp Inc WT 957907116 1 10600 SH SOLE 10600
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