COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 09/30/2000
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: 175
Information Table Value Total: 488331
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 1125 438900 SH SOLE 438900
ADAC Laboratories COM 005313200 4169 200300 SH SOLE 200300
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A309 86 57409 SH SOLE 57409
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 2742 213000 SH SOLE 213000
Advanta Corp Cl B COM 007942204 1928 236800 SH SOLE 236800
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 1411 414095 SH SOLE 414095
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1231 114500 SH SOLE 114500
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 952 104300 SH SOLE 104300
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 3269 272400 SH SOLE 272400
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 233 8600 SH SOLE 8600
Applied Industrial Technologie COM 03820C105 8038 464300 SH SOLE 464300
Ashworth Inc COM 04516H101 267 33900 SH SOLE 33900
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 657 17000 SH SOLE 17000
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 1184 300600 SH SOLE 300600
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 29709 SH SOLE 29709
Ault Inc COM 051503100 182 22000 SH SOLE 22000
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 570 760213 SH SOLE 760213
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 4534 174814 SH SOLE 174814
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 1139 1072100 SH SOLE 1072100
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 4827 525400 SH SOLE 525400
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 1150 52562 SH SOLE 52562
Bell Microproducts Inc COM 078137106 11372 363900 SH SOLE 363900
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 2433 589744 SH SOLE 589744
CONMED Corp COM 207410101 4640 339000 SH SOLE 339000
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 2977 372145 SH SOLE 372145
Candela Corp COM 136907102 1881 171000 SH SOLE 171000
Carreker Corporation COM 144433109 2925 150000 SH SOLE 150000
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 901 465200 SH SOLE 465200
Cato Corp COM 149205106 3115 249200 SH SOLE 249200
Central Garden & Pet Co COM 153527106 2646 381400 SH SOLE 381400
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 5742 163484 SH SOLE 163484
Christopher & Banks Corp COM 171046105 449 11550 SH SOLE 11550
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 1519 747642 SH SOLE 747642
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 1998 78336 SH SOLE 78336
Comshare Inc COM 205912108 2317 541200 SH SOLE 541200
Conseco COM 208464107 193 25300 SH SOLE 25300
Correctional Svcs Corp COM 219921103 889 229300 SH SOLE 229300
Danielson Holding Corp COM 236274106 257 62377 SH SOLE 62377
Del Global Technologies Corp COM 245073101 4030 408100 SH SOLE 408100
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 12750 314809 SH SOLE 314809
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 1521 243400 SH SOLE 243400
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 870 1209825 SH SOLE 1209825
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 600 65009 SH SOLE 65009
EEX Corp COM 26842V207 2571 534310 SH SOLE 534310
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 2822 255080 SH SOLE 255080
Encompass Services Corp COM 29255U104 3178 391086 SH SOLE 391086
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 3792 198300 SH SOLE 198300
Exide Corp COM 302051107 4213 464900 SH SOLE 464900
FEI Co COM 30241L109 4825 222486 SH SOLE 222486
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 1457 226400 SH SOLE 226400
Fargo Electronics Inc COM 30744P102 3417 552200 SH SOLE 552200
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 3495 110527 SH SOLE 110527
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 3234 317484 SH SOLE 317484
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 4962 272800 SH SOLE 272800
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 4450 317825 SH SOLE 317825
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 13189 437824 SH SOLE 437824
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 1093 182100 SH SOLE 182100
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 8680 536200 SH SOLE 536200
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 95 27760 SH SOLE 27760
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 1140 536584 SH SOLE 536584
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 814 162799 SH SOLE 162799
GATX Corp COM 361448103 775 18500 SH SOLE 18500
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 1179 496303 SH SOLE 496303
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 233 48455 SH SOLE 48455
Greenbrier Companies Inc COM 393657101 128 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Guest Supply Inc COM 401630108 184 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Gymboree Corp COM 403777105 141 25900 SH SOLE 25900
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 2048 590300 SH SOLE 590300
Harcourt General Corp COM 41163G101 271 4600 SH SOLE 4600
Health Management Systems Inc COM 42219m100 1368 684200 SH SOLE 684200
Hypercom Corp COM 44913M105 974 93900 SH SOLE 93900
IEC Electrs Corp COM 44949L105 91 43580 SH SOLE 43580
Infinium Software Inc COM 45662Y109 1254 466700 SH SOLE 466700
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 4618 677900 SH SOLE 677900
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 2945 267700 SH SOLE 267700
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 3966 742243 SH SOLE 742243
Input/Output Inc COM 457652105 3884 403500 SH SOLE 403500
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 2486 195000 SH SOLE 195000
Judge.com Inc COM 481271104 1097 877800 SH SOLE 877800
Keystone Automotive Inds Inc COM 49338n109 2213 459800 SH SOLE 459800
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 464 185500 SH SOLE 185500
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 5342 474814 SH SOLE 474814
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 643 85700 SH SOLE 85700
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 5802 547315 SH SOLE 547315
Mackie Designs Inc COM 554541102 116 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 5437 511744 SH SOLE 511744
Mail Well Inc COM 560321200 44 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Material Sciences Corp COM 576674105 5685 499800 SH SOLE 499800
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 5407 483300 SH SOLE 483300
McNaughton Apparel Group COM 582524104 1949 119000 SH SOLE 119000
Medical Action Industries Inc COM 58449L100 154 39200 SH SOLE 39200
Meditrust Corp COM 58501T306 3880 1320710 SH SOLE 1320710
Mellon Bk Corp COM 585509102 255 5508 SH SOLE 5508
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 2087 88576 SH SOLE 88576
Merit Medical Systems Inc COM 589889104 2168 343500 SH SOLE 343500
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 6578 319902 SH SOLE 319902
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 127 24500 SH SOLE 24500
Moog Inc COM 615394202 10974 364285 SH SOLE 364285
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 5896 296900 SH SOLE 296900
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 6995 670200 SH SOLE 670200
Newgen Results COM 651359101 5892 392800 SH SOLE 392800
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 3227 184400 SH SOLE 184400
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 4800 426627 SH SOLE 426627
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 2603 211450 SH SOLE 211450
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 4358 415000 SH SOLE 415000
PLATO Learning Inc COM 72764Y100 5582 270849 SH SOLE 270849
PTEK Holdings Inc COM 69366M104 2475 800000 SH SOLE 800000
Pacific Union Bank COM 695025106 2771 295600 SH SOLE 295600
Parexel International Corp COM 699462107 407 47900 SH SOLE 47900
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 2018 256241 SH SOLE 256241
Performance Food Group COM 713755106 7273 193300 SH SOLE 193300
PerkinElmer, Inc COM 714046109 209 2000 SH SOLE 2000
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 262 19300 SH SOLE 19300
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 9687 520101 SH SOLE 520101
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 6313 333373 SH SOLE 333373
Pure Resources Inc COM 74622E102 6937 327387 SH SOLE 327387
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 3804 724491 SH SOLE 724491
Qualstar Corp COM 74758R109 3155 264300 SH SOLE 264300
Quicksilver Resources Inc COM 74837r104 2636 270400 SH SOLE 270400
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 3838 181700 SH SOLE 181700
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 6181 489599 SH SOLE 489599
Regis Corp COM 758932107 4946 329700 SH SOLE 329700
Rehabilicare Inc COM 758944102 112 39000 SH SOLE 39000
Remedytemp Inc COM 759549108 2193 183500 SH SOLE 183500
Respironics Inc COM 761230101 3484 208800 SH SOLE 208800
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 1981 386500 SH SOLE 386500
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 2729 121980 SH SOLE 121980
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 4089 531900 SH SOLE 531900
S3 Inc COM 784849101 2719 263700 SH SOLE 263700
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4138 183414 SH SOLE 183414
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 3769 381661 SH SOLE 381661
St. Jude Medical Inc COM 790849103 398 7800 SH SOLE 7800
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3761 155094 SH SOLE 155094
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 217 6949 SH SOLE 6949
Steven Madden Ltd COM 556269108 3805 441200 SH SOLE 441200
Stride Rite Corp COM 863314100 2012 397500 SH SOLE 397500
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 1737 441100 SH SOLE 441100
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 414 18000 SH SOLE 18000
THQ Inc COM 872443403 4248 182700 SH SOLE 182700
TXU Corp COM 873168108 357 9000 SH SOLE 9000
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 3929 194044 SH SOLE 194044
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 118 658300 SH SOLE 658300
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 162 519400 SH SOLE 519400
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 2274 313600 SH SOLE 313600
US Liquids Inc COM 902974104 1620 432000 SH SOLE 432000
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 11924 728200 SH SOLE 728200
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 261 9700 SH SOLE 9700
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4393 285700 SH SOLE 285700
Vicorp Restaurants Inc COM 925817108 4633 237600 SH SOLE 237600
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 10291 607575 SH SOLE 607575
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 234 5104 SH SOLE 5104
Westcoast Hospitality Corp COM 95750P106 1596 266000 SH SOLE 266000
Westcorp Inc COM 957907108 274 18240 SH SOLE 18240
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 5556 871459 SH SOLE 871459
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 1183 137102 SH SOLE 137102
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 3778 616800 SH SOLE 616800
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 861 222300 SH SOLE 222300
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 4042 310900 SH SOLE 310900
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 3662 169321 SH SOLE 169321
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 2037 525674 SH SOLE 525674
Trenwick Group Ltd COM G9032C109 8024 422332 SH SOLE 422332
Anangel-Amern Shiphldg Sponsor ADR 032721201 106 14850 SH SOLE 14850
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Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 938 750000 SH SOLE 750000
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 2062 9265700 PRN SOLE 9265700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 326 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 260 405000 PRN SOLE 405000
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 1261 5145200 PRN SOLE 5145200
HMT Technology Corp CONV 403917ad9 210 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 61 6139500 PRN SOLE 6139500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 3017 3257600 PRN SOLE 3257600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 125 150000 PRN SOLE 150000
Personnel Group of America CONV 715338ae9 143 300000 PRN SOLE 300000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1043 1390000 PRN SOLE 1390000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 336 6105000 PRN SOLE 6105000
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