RUANE CUNNIFF & CO INC
13F-HR, 2000-02-10
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                          UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                            Form 13F

                       Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  December 31, 1999

Check here if Amendment [   ]; Amendment Number:
    This Amendment (Check only one.):  [   ] is a restatement.
                                       [   ] adds new holdings
                                             entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York 10153


Form 13F File Number: 28-154

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Mr. Joseph Quinones, Jr.
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Phone:   (212) 832-5280

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

         /s/ Joseph Quinones, Jr.    New York, NY      02/10/2000
         _______________________ _____________________ _________
              [Signature]           [City, State]        [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X]     13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of
         this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

[  ]     13F NOTICE.  (Check her if no holdings reported are in
         this report, and all holdings are reported by other



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         reporting manger(s).)

[  ]     13F COMBINATION REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the
         holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
         report and a portion are reported by other reporting
         manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:  NONE













































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                      Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:            None

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:       201

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:       $7,342,614
                                              [thousands]

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: the information for which
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc. is requesting confidential treatment
has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

List of Other Included Managers:              NONE




































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                                                         Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.

                                                                 December 31, 1999

                                                                  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
- ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
<S>                            <C>              <C>       <C>      <C>      <C> <C>  <C>     <C>          <C>      <C>      <C>
A.G. Edwards Inc.              COM              281760108     8941   278873 SH       SOLE                                     278873
AMS Realstar                   COM              001785104        0    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
AT&T                           COM              001957109      859    16897 SH       SOLE                      190             16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM              001957208      772    13502 SH       SOLE                                      13502
Allstate                       COM              020002101      724    30068 SH       SOLE                     1112             28956
American Express               COM              025816109    51532   309966 SH       SOLE                   110279            199687
American Home Prods            COM              026609107      516    13156 SH       SOLE                                      13156
American Internat'l Group      COM              026874107    45799   423575 SH       SOLE                   146026            277549
Aon Corp.                      COM              037389103     7178   179461 SH       SOLE                    47887            131574
Aptargroup                     COM              038336103      232     9218 SH       SOLE                      600              8618
Arctic Cat Inc                 COM              039670104      773    77300 SH       SOLE                     4000             73300
Arnold Industries              COM              042595108      566    40248 SH       SOLE                                      40248
Arrow Electronics              COM              042735100      254    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Associates First Capital Corp  COM              046008108     2304    83978 SH       SOLE                    17374             66604
Automatic Data Processing      COM              053015103      482     8944 SH       SOLE                                       8944
BB & T  Corp                   COM              054937107    10953   400102 SH       SOLE                    36818            363284
Bank One                       COM              059438101      438    13680 SH       SOLE                    11000              2680
Bank of America Corp           COM              060505104     4487    89409 SH       SOLE                    18132             71277
Bank of New York               COM              064057102      240     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Bear Stearns Companies         COM              073902108     2168    50725 SH       SOLE                    18759             31966
Bell Atlantic                  COM              077853109      245     3978 SH       SOLE                      258              3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A      COM              084670108  1469820    26200 SH       SOLE                     9747             16453
                                                           1131817    20175 SH       DEFINED                 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B      COM              084670207   103536    56577 SH       SOLE                    15711             40866
Bestfoods                      COM              08658u101      452     8600 SH       SOLE                                       8600
Bowater                        COM              102183100     3330    61318 SH       SOLE                     3753             57565
Bowl America - Class A         COM              102565108      106    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Briggs & Stratton              COM              109043109      300     5600 SH       SOLE                     2400              3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108      761    11850 SH       SOLE                      400             11450
Brown & Brown Inc.             COM              115236101    21179   552787 SH       SOLE                   148200            404587
CDI                            COM              125071100      778    32260 SH       SOLE                                      32260
CFS Bancorp Inc                COM              12525d102      422    45300 SH       SOLE                                      45300
CNA Financial Corp.            COM              126117100      343     8800 SH       SOLE                      900              7900
CVS Corp.                      COM              585745102      271     6800 SH       SOLE                                       6800
California Center Bank Los Ang COM              13007A103      181    10216 SH       SOLE                                      10216
Capital Federal Financial      COM              14057c106     2369   243000 SH       SOLE                                     243000
Carlisle Companies             COM              142339100      302     8400 SH       SOLE                     8400
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM              150185106     4400   227122 SH       SOLE                                     227122
Chase Manhattan - New          COM              16161A108     1140    14676 SH       SOLE                     3744             10932
Chicago Title Corp             COM              168228104     8633   186650 SH       SOLE                                     186650
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New   COM              169905106    15555   908300 SH       SOLE                    22200            886100
Cisco Systems Inc              COM              17275R102     1186    11074 SH       SOLE                      500             10574
Citigroup Inc                  COM              172967101    22842   410187 SH       SOLE                    20993            389194
Clorox                         COM              189054109      278     5514 SH       SOLE                      418              5096
Coca Cola                      COM              191216100    16725   287121 SH       SOLE                   103957            183164
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A     COM              200300201     1492    29510 SH       SOLE                     4794             24716
Comerica                       COM              200340107     2515    53872 SH       SOLE                    15000             38872
Consolidated Papers            COM              209759109      401    12600 SH       SOLE                                      12600
Corus Bankshares Inc.          COM              220873103     2092    87180 SH       SOLE                    10447             76733
Crane Co.                      COM              224399105     2742   137946 SH       SOLE                     6190            131756
Daimler-Chrysler AG            COM              d1668r123    10994   140951 SH       SOLE                    20883            120068
Danielson Hldg                 COM              236274106      376    65364 SH       SOLE                    33864             31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM              247126105     1221    77521 SH       SOLE                    16457             61064
Delphi Financial Group         COM              247131105     4297   143246 SH       SOLE                                     143246
Disney Walt                    COM              254687106     9946   340047 SH       SOLE                                     340047
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.   COM              263534109      778    11811 SH       SOLE                      177             11634
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating    COM              26432F109     1254    14100 SH       SOLE                                      14100
Dynatech Corp                  COM              268140100      173    25700 SH       SOLE                                      25700
EPL Technologies Inc           COM              268920204       16    16667 SH       SOLE                                      16667
Eagle USA Airfreight Inc.      COM              270018104     1781    41300 SH       SOLE                                      41300
East/West Communications Inc.  COM              275799104      294     7630 SH       SOLE                                       7630
Everest Reinsurance Holdings I COM              299808105    14099   631889 SH       SOLE                                     631889
Exxon Mobil Corp               COM              30131g103      979    12152 SH       SOLE                                      12152
Fair Isaac & Company Inc.      COM              303250104     8019   151300 SH       SOLE                                     151300
Fannie Mae                     COM              313586109    17831   285589 SH       SOLE                    52448            233141
Federated Investors Inc PA Cl  COM              314211103     2082   103800 SH       SOLE                                     103800
Fidelity Nat'l Financial       COM              316326107     1652   114900 SH       SOLE                                     114900
Fifth Third Bancorp            COM              316773100   677896  9238780 SH       SOLE                  3842647           5396133
                                                            437217  5958662 SH       DEFINED               5958662
First American Fin Corp Calif  COM              318522307     8157   655800 SH       SOLE                                     655800
First Bancorp of Ind Inc.      COM              m97592766      144    15000 SH       SOLE                                      15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM              322387101     1486     1564 SH       SOLE                                       1564
First Security Corp            COM              336294103     3372   132082 SH       SOLE                                     132082
First Tennessee National Corp  COM              337162101      227     7982 SH       SOLE                                       7982
First Union Corp.              COM              337358105      286     8670 SH       SOLE                                       8670
Firstar Corp. - New            COM              33763v109     1214    57472 SH       SOLE                                      57472
Firstfed Bancorp               COM              33761Q102      369    39860 SH       SOLE                                      39860
Ford Motor                     COM              345370100     9695   181855 SH       SOLE                    33155            148700
Franklin Electric              COM              353514102    20077   286044 SH       SOLE                    67832            218212
Freddie Mac                    COM              313400301   514377 10929666 SH       SOLE                  4692025           6237641
                                                            594536 12632900 SH       DEFINED              12632900
G & K Services Inc. Cl A       COM              361268105     3651   112775 SH       SOLE                    54100             58675
GTE Corp.                      COM              362320103      320     4531 SH       SOLE                                       4531
Gannett Co.                    COM              364730101      703     8620 SH       SOLE                                       8620
General Electric               COM              369604103     6724    43452 SH       SOLE                      470             42982
General Motors                 COM              370442105     8371   115171 SH       SOLE                    23552             91619
Gillette                       COM              375766102    27576   669521 SH       SOLE                   181778            487743
Golden West Financial          COM              381317106     7015   209400 SH       SOLE                                     209400
Grey Advertising - Class B     COM              397838103      573     1432 SH       SOLE                                       1432
Gulf West Banks Inc            COM              402582100      137    15615 SH       SOLE                                      15615
Harley Davidson                COM              412822108   222956  3480296 SH       SOLE                  1715989           1764307
                                                            306059  4777500 SH       DEFINED               4777500
Heartland Express              COM              422347104     3002   190587 SH       SOLE                     2955            187632
Herman Miller Inc.             COM              600544100     7693   334461 SH       SOLE                    52250            282211
Hershey Foods                  COM              427866108      550    11600 SH       SOLE                                      11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc.      COM              435569108      551    42600 SH       SOLE                      500             42100
Home Depot                     COM              437076102    21935   319050 SH       SOLE                   177000            142050
Home Port Bancorp              COM              437304108     2865   111250 SH       SOLE                                     111250
Household International        COM              441815107    68859  1848557 SH       SOLE                   799916           1048641
                                                             65746  1765000 SH       DEFINED               1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A            COM              443320106     6924   346191 SH       SOLE                                     346191
Hudson City Bancorp Inc        COM              443683107     1164    86600 SH       SOLE                                      86600
Huttig Building Products Inc   COM              448451104      679   137553 SH       SOLE                      153            137400
IBM                            COM              459200101     8400    77868 SH       SOLE                     7808             70060
Ihop Corp                      COM              449623107     2625   157300 SH       SOLE                                     157300
Intel Corp                     COM              458140100     3326    40402 SH       SOLE                      400             40002
Interim Services               COM              45868P100   161921  6542259 SH       SOLE                   185250           6357009
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335300     2409    48180 SH       SOLE                                      48180
Interpublic Group              COM              460690100     7022   121724 SH       SOLE                                     121724
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     1087    11658 SH       SOLE                      200             11458
Jostens                        COM              481088102      226     9300 SH       SOLE                                       9300
Kimball Internat'l             COM              494274103      343    20800 SH       SOLE                                      20800
Kimberly Clark                 COM              494368103      222     3400 SH       SOLE                                       3400
Knight Transportation          COM              499064103     3660   213700 SH       SOLE                     9300            204400
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc   COM              524226107      156    16000 SH       SOLE                                      16000
Leucadia Nat'l                 COM              527288104      250    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM              529043101       99    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lilly Eli & Co.                COM              532457108      914    13740 SH       SOLE                     8660              5080
Liz Claiborne                  COM              539320101      275     7300 SH       SOLE                     1000              6300
Loews                          COM              540424108      442     7289 SH       SOLE                                       7289
Lucent Technologies Inc.       COM              549463107      241     3208 SH       SOLE                      164              3044
Lynch Interactive Corp         COM              551146103      429     4300 SH       SOLE                                       4300
M & F Worldwide Corp           COM              552541104     4200   829725 SH       SOLE                                     829725
MBNA Corp.                     COM              55262L100      708    26000 SH       SOLE                                      26000
MFS Intermediate               COM              55273C107       94    15500 SH       SOLE                                      15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM              561671504        2    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Manpower                       COM              56418H100     4055   107775 SH       SOLE                    17400             90375
Markel Corp                    COM              570535104      741     4780 SH       SOLE                      200              4580
McDonalds                      COM              580135101     3227    80044 SH       SOLE                      200             79844
Mellon Financial Corp          COM              58551a108     2791    81948 SH       SOLE                                      81948
Mercantile Bankshares          COM              587405101     1983    62077 SH       SOLE                    23175             38902
                                                             10338   323700 SH       DEFINED                323700
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107     1027    15288 SH       SOLE                      700             14588
Merrill Lynch & Co             COM              590188108     2816    33800 SH       SOLE                    18000             15800
Microsoft                      COM              594918104     2421    20736 SH       SOLE                     1700             19036
Millicom - Escrow              COM              600813794        0    55250 SH       SOLE                                      55250
Mocon Inc                      COM              607494101      126    21000 SH       SOLE                                      21000
Morgan J P & Co.               COM              616880100      941     7435 SH       SOLE                      203              7232
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM              617446448    21051   147466 SH       SOLE                    10700            136766
Nabisco Group Holdings         COM              62952p102      128    12080 SH       SOLE                    12000                80
Nacco Industries - Class A     COM              629579103     6063   109122 SH       SOLE                                     109122
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp         COM              635449101    64884  2859883 SH       SOLE                   984870           1875013
                                                             25998  1145900 SH       DEFINED               1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries        COM              637215104      333     9378 SH       SOLE                      327              9051
New Horizons Worldwide Inc.    COM              645526104      163    13750 SH       SOLE                                      13750
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW     COM              664058989        0    27896 SH       SOLE                    10031             17865
Northern Trust Corp            COM              665859104      970    18300 SH       SOLE                                      18300
OPT Sciences                   COM              671003101       67    16300 SH       SOLE                                      16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM              693475105      450    10116 SH       SOLE                                      10116
Penton Media Inc               COM              709668107      245    10215 SH       SOLE                      450              9765
PepsiCo                        COM              713448108      681    19322 SH       SOLE                      355             18967
Perini Corp                    COM              713839108     1135   292800 SH       SOLE                                     292800
Pfizer                         COM              717081103      777    23952 SH       SOLE                                      23952
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.        COM              716941109      234     5200 SH       SOLE                                       5200
Philip Morris                  COM              718154107    25182  1094882 SH       SOLE                   373408            721474
Pico Holdings Inc              COM              693366205     3973   322682 SH       SOLE                                     322682
Pittway - Class A              COM              725790208      994    22190 SH       SOLE                      900             21290
Polaris Industries Inc         COM              731068102     5684   156796 SH       SOLE                    36100            120696
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     3196    29170 SH       SOLE                                      29170
Progressive Corp.  Ohio        COM              743315103   326058  4458908 SH       SOLE                  1690406           2768502
                                                            277941  3800900 SH       DEFINED               3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group   COM              751277302      339    12150 SH       SOLE                                      12150
Reinsurance Group of America   COM              759351109    15158   546250 SH       SOLE                                     546250
Renaissance Holdings LTD       COM              G7496G103     2128    52050 SH       SOLE                      400             51650
Royal Palm Beach Col           COM              780908208       11    14000 SH       SOLE                                      14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM              78387G103      377     7739 SH       SOLE                      352              7387
Sara Lee                       COM              803111103     1527    69200 SH       SOLE                                      69200
Schlumberger Ltd               COM              806857108      219     3900 SH       SOLE                                       3900
Schwab Charles CP - New        COM              808513105     1300    34000 SH       SOLE                                      34000
Servicemaster Co.              COM              81760n109    15922  1293155 SH       SOLE                   365751            927404
Southwest Gas Corp             COM              844895102      230    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Stanley Works                  COM              854616109      286     9500 SH       SOLE                                       9500
State Street Corp              COM              857477103      975    13340 SH       SOLE                                      13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A   COM              860370105     1544   325000 SH       SOLE                                     325000
Sturm Ruger & Co.              COM              864159108     2803   315803 SH       SOLE                    24700            291103
Sunburst Hospitality           COM              866948102      144    25668 SH       SOLE                     1299             24369
Suntrust Banks                 COM              867914103      658     9559 SH       SOLE                      400              9159
Tokheim Corp.                  COM              889073102       87    24057 SH       SOLE                     1456             22601
Triad Guaranty Inc             COM              895925105     7523   330700 SH       SOLE                                     330700
Tyco Intl Ltd                  COM              902124106      250     6400 SH       SOLE                                       6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del.        COM              902973106    99129  4162901 SH       SOLE                  1713500           2449401
                                                             98639  4142300 SH       DEFINED               4142300
US Trust Corp. - New           COM              91288l105      894    11150 SH       SOLE                     4200              6950
Valspar Corp.                  COM              920355104     4861   116095 SH       SOLE                    34450             81645
Ventas Inc                     COM              92276f100       84    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
Viacom - Class B               COM              925524308      276     4566 SH       SOLE                                       4566
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM              927758102      484    30000 SH       SOLE                                      30000
Vodafone Airtouch Public Ltd   COM              92857t107      429     8665 SH       SOLE                                       8665
Vornado Realty Trust           COM              929042109      555    17068 SH       SOLE                                      17068
Vulcan Materials               COM              929160109      864    21624 SH       SOLE                    10800             10824
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM              930059209     3365   133927 SH       SOLE                                     133927
Wal-Mart Stores                COM              931142103     1074    15534 SH       SOLE                                      15534
Walgreen                       COM              931422109      831    28400 SH       SOLE                                      28400
Wallace Computer Services      COM              932270101     1297    78025 SH       SOLE                     5400             72625
Warner-Lambert                 COM              934488107      221     2700 SH       SOLE                                       2700
Washington Post - Class B      COM              939640108     7067    12713 SH       SOLE                                      12713
Wells Fargo & Co. New          COM              949746101      368     9110 SH       SOLE                                       9110
Wesco Financial                COM              950817106     7633    31155 SH       SOLE                                      31155
World Acceptance Corp.         COM              981419104     1402   291221 SH       SOLE                                     291221
Worldcom Inc - GA              COM              55268b106      241     4548 SH       SOLE                                       4548
Wrigley (Wm), Jr.              COM              982526105     1366    16475 SH       SOLE                                      16475
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