RUANE CUNNIFF & CO INC
13F-HR, 2000-11-14
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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:  September 30, 2000

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      11/14/2000
         _______________________ _____________________ _________
              [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:       208

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:       $6,202,347
                                              [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.

                                                                 September 30, 2000

                                                                  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>
AMS Realstar                   COM              001785104        0    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
AT&T                           COM              001957109      559    19044 SH       SOLE                      280             18764
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM              001957208      486    27004 SH       SOLE                                      27004
Abbott Laboratories            COM              002824100      252     5290 SH       SOLE                                       5290
About.com                      COM              003736105     6297   194500 SH       SOLE                                     194500
Allstate                       COM              020002101      941    27068 SH       SOLE                     1112             25956
Alltel                         COM              020039103      522    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
American Express               COM              025816109    46643   767787 SH       SOLE                   242675            525112
American Home Prods            COM              026609107      722    12789 SH       SOLE                                      12789
American Internat'l Group      COM              026874107    52541   549086 SH       SOLE                   173263            375823
Aptargroup                     COM              038336103      221     9218 SH       SOLE                     1800              7418
Arctic Cat Inc                 COM              039670104      800    63400 SH       SOLE                     4600             58800
Arnold Industries              COM              042595108      608    36048 SH       SOLE                                      36048
Associates First Capital Corp  COM              046008108     3162    83198 SH       SOLE                    18580             64618
Automatic Data Processing      COM              053015103      598     8944 SH       SOLE                                       8944
BB & T  Corp                   COM              054937107    21869   725944 SH       SOLE                    34818            691126
BP Amoco PLC ADR               COM              055622104      250     4784 SH       SOLE                                       4784
Bank One                       COM              059438101      480    12616 SH       SOLE                    11000              1616
Bank of America Corp           COM              060505104     4578    87400 SH       SOLE                    18358             69042
Bank of New York               COM              064057102      339     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Bear Stearns Companies         COM              073902108     2910    46104 SH       SOLE                    18759             27345
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A      COM              084670108  1581416    24556 SH       SOLE                     9035             15521
                                                           1299270    20175 SH       DEFINED                 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B      COM              084670207   109700    52995 SH       SOLE                    14723             38272
Bestfoods                      COM              08658u101      597     8200 SH       SOLE                                       8200
Bowater                        COM              102183100     2759    59418 SH       SOLE                     3153             56265
Bowl America - Class A         COM              102565108      134    15960 SH       SOLE                                      15960
Briggs & Stratton              COM              109043109      212     5600 SH       SOLE                     2400              3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108      681    11850 SH       SOLE                      400             11450
Brown & Brown Inc.             COM              115236101    34490  1084156 SH       SOLE                   296400            787756
C H Robinson Worldwide Inc     COM              12541w100      282     5000 SH       SOLE                                       5000
CDI                            COM              125071100      241    15086 SH       SOLE                                      15086
CFS Bancorp Inc                COM              12525d102      106    10300 SH       SOLE                                      10300
CNA Financial Corp.            COM              126117100      275     7200 SH       SOLE                                       7200
Calif Fed Bk-Goodwill Certif   COM              130209604      102    52000 SH       SOLE                                      52000
California Center Bank Los Ang COM              13007A103      209    11543 SH       SOLE                                      11543
Capital Federal Financial      COM              14057c106     3539   242000 SH       SOLE                                     242000
Carlisle Companies             COM              142339100      349     8400 SH       SOLE                     8400
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM              150185106     3948   214120 SH       SOLE                                     214120
Charter One Financial Inc.     COM              160903100    17216   706313 SH       SOLE                                     706313
Chase Manhattan - New          COM              16161A108     1017    22014 SH       SOLE                     5616             16398
Chemed Corp                    COM              163596109     5045   158600 SH       SOLE                                     158600
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New   COM              169905106     7617   692427 SH       SOLE                    11600            680827
Chubb                          COM              171232101      237     3000 SH       SOLE                                       3000
Cisco Systems Inc              COM              17275R102      483     8748 SH       SOLE                      400              8348
Citigroup Inc                  COM              172967101    24492   453028 SH       SOLE                    31311            421717
Clayton Homes Inc              COM              184190106    17029  1702881 SH       SOLE                                    1702881
Clorox                         COM              189054109      218     5514 SH       SOLE                     1116              4398
Coca Cola                      COM              191216100    14368   260652 SH       SOLE                    81550            179102
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A     COM              200300201     1176    28736 SH       SOLE                     4794             23942
Comerica                       COM              200340107     3207    54872 SH       SOLE                    15000             39872
Commerce Bancorp Inc/NJ        COM              200519106    13075   224700 SH       SOLE                                     224700
Corus Bankshares Inc.          COM              220873103      269     7450 SH       SOLE                                       7450
Crane Co.                      COM              224399105     6405   280015 SH       SOLE                    42340            237675
Daimler-Chrysler AG            COM              d1668r123     5963   134338 SH       SOLE                    20719            113619
Danielson Hldg                 COM              236274106      270    65364 SH       SOLE                    33864             31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM              247126105      978    64680 SH       SOLE                    11425             53255
Delphi Financial Group         COM              247131105     6040   149134 SH       SOLE                                     149134
Disney Walt                    COM              254687106     2366    61861 SH       SOLE                                      61861
Donaldson Co.                  COM              257651109     2607   118500 SH       SOLE                      700            117800
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.   COM              263534109      410    10027 SH       SOLE                      177              9850
EPL Technologies Inc           COM              268920204       17    16667 SH       SOLE                                      16667
Expedia Inc Cl A               COM              302125109      721    55500 SH       SOLE                                      55500
Exxon Mobil Corp               COM              30131g103     1177    13208 SH       SOLE                                      13208
Fair Isaac & Company Inc.      COM              303250104     5174   121200 SH       SOLE                                     121200
Fannie Mae                     COM              313586109    11599   162219 SH       SOLE                    34558            127661
Fifth Third Bancorp            COM              316773100   753166 13979883 SH       SOLE                  5513746           8466137
                                                            481534  8937993 SH       DEFINED               8937993
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM              322387101     1368     1564 SH       SOLE                                       1564
First Union Corp.              COM              337358105      279     8670 SH       SOLE                                       8670
Firstar Corp. - New            COM              33763v109     1312    58642 SH       SOLE                                      58642
Firstfed Bancorp               COM              33761Q102      249    39860 SH       SOLE                                      39860
Ford Motor Corp Del            COM              345370860     7999   313674 SH       SOLE                    61979            251695
Franklin Electric              COM              353514102    20099   291297 SH       SOLE                    67525            223772
Freddie Mac                    COM              313400301    32510   601337 SH       SOLE                   106982            494355
G & K Services Inc. Cl A       COM              361268105     2890   102975 SH       SOLE                    50500             52475
Gannett Co.                    COM              364730101      457     8620 SH       SOLE                                       8620
General Electric               COM              369604103     2372    41029 SH       SOLE                                      41029
General Motors                 COM              370442105     8303   127739 SH       SOLE                    23852            103887
Gillette                       COM              375766102    19118   619211 SH       SOLE                   154744            464467
Grey Global Group Inc          COM              39787m108      888     1432 SH       SOLE                                       1432
Hearme                         COM              421903105       40    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Heartland Express              COM              422347104     3307   190307 SH       SOLE                     2933            187374
Herman Miller Inc.             COM              600544100     8101   252650 SH       SOLE                    52250            200400
Hershey Foods                  COM              427866108      303     5600 SH       SOLE                                       5600
Home Depot                     COM              437076102    16890   319050 SH       SOLE                   177000            142050
Home Port Bancorp              COM              437304108     3847   107050 SH       SOLE                     1800            105250
Household International        COM              441815107   101009  1783825 SH       SOLE                   759266           1024559
                                                             94405  1667200 SH       DEFINED               1667200
Hub Group Inc. Cl A            COM              443320106     3025   316337 SH       SOLE                                     316337
Huttig Building Products Inc   COM              448451104      390    86771 SH       SOLE                      153             86618
IBM                            COM              459200101     8680    77068 SH       SOLE                     8208             68860
IMS Health Inc.                COM              449934108      502    24200 SH       SOLE                                      24200
Intel Corp                     COM              458140100     3084    74204 SH       SOLE                      800             73404
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335300     1855    48180 SH       SOLE                                      48180
Interpublic Group              COM              460690100     3983   116924 SH       SOLE                                     116924
Iron Mountain Inc              COM              462846106      370    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     1095    11658 SH       SOLE                      200             11458
Kimball Internat'l             COM              494274103      372    20800 SH       SOLE                      800             20000
Knight Transportation          COM              499064103     2681   172300 SH       SOLE                     8700            163600
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc   COM              524226107      212    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Legg Mason                     COM              524901105      291     5000 SH       SOLE                                       5000
Lennar Corp                    COM              526057104      297    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Leucadia Nat'l                 COM              527288104      289    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM              529043101      121    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lilly Eli & Co.                COM              532457108     1017    12540 SH       SOLE                     8660              3880
Lincare Holdings Inc           COM              532791100     2654    92500 SH       SOLE                                      92500
Liz Claiborne                  COM              539320101      277     7200 SH       SOLE                     1300              5900
Loews                          COM              540424108      593     7118 SH       SOLE                                       7118
Lynch Corp.                    COM              551137102      202     4300 SH       SOLE                                       4300
Lynch Interactive Corp         COM              551146103      482     8600 SH       SOLE                                       8600
M & F Worldwide Corp           COM              552541104     4879   839325 SH       SOLE                                     839325
M & T Bank Corp                COM              570437103    15325    30050 SH       SOLE                     6500             23550
MFS Intermediate               COM              55273C107       99    15500 SH       SOLE                                      15500
MacDermid Inc                  COM              554273102    16656   793162 SH       SOLE                   253675            539487
                                                             31025  1477400 SH       DEFINED               1477400
Management Assistance - Liquid COM              561671504        2    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Manpower                       COM              56418H100     3080    96425 SH       SOLE                    16400             80025
Markel Corp                    COM              570535104      707     4657 SH       SOLE                      200              4457
McDonalds                      COM              580135101     2395    79344 SH       SOLE                                      79344
Mellon Financial Corp          COM              58551a108     2678    57748 SH       SOLE                                      57748
Mercantile Bankshares          COM              587405101     2212    60952 SH       SOLE                    23175             37777
                                                              9063   249700 SH       DEFINED                249700
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107     1122    15068 SH       SOLE                      700             14368
Merrill Lynch & Co             COM              590188108     2706    41000 SH       SOLE                    18000             23000
Microsoft                      COM              594918104     1490    24711 SH       SOLE                     1700             23011
Millicom - Escrow              COM              600813794        0    55250 SH       SOLE                                      55250
Mocon Inc                      COM              607494101      121    21000 SH       SOLE                                      21000
Morgan J P & Co.               COM              616880100     1019     6235 SH       SOLE                      203              6032
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM              617446448     7477    81772 SH       SOLE                     7200             74572
Nabisco Group Holdings         COM              62952p102      344    12080 SH       SOLE                    12000                80
Nacco Industries - Class A     COM              629579103    12482   297189 SH       SOLE                                     297189
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp         COM              635449101    66838  3352367 SH       SOLE                   982038           2370329
                                                             32676  1638900 SH       DEFINED               1638900
Nat'l Presto Industries        COM              637215104      245     8178 SH       SOLE                      527              7651
Netword Inc                    COM              64120x108       35    58120 SH       SOLE                                      58120
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW     COM              664058989        0    27896 SH       SOLE                    10031             17865
OPT Sciences                   COM              671003101       75    16300 SH       SOLE                                      16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM              693475105      461     7100 SH       SOLE                                       7100
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara S COM              69365q106     1162   100000 SH       SOLE                                     100000
Parker Hannifin Corp           COM              701094104     6750   200000 SH       SOLE                                     200000
Penton Media Inc               COM              709668107      278    10098 SH       SOLE                     1350              8748
PepsiCo                        COM              713448108      944    20522 SH       SOLE                      355             20167
Perini Corp                    COM              713839108     1133   266600 SH       SOLE                                     266600
Pfizer                         COM              717081103     1248    27777 SH       SOLE                                      27777
Pharmacia Corp                 COM              71713u102      372     6188 SH       SOLE                                       6188
Philip Morris                  COM              718154107    28307   961592 SH       SOLE                   344108            617484
Pico Holdings Inc              COM              693366205     2655   203275 SH       SOLE                                     203275
Playtex Products               COM              72813P100     6480   548600 SH       SOLE                                     548600
Polaris Industries Inc         COM              731068102     5204   147624 SH       SOLE                    35000            112624
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     1981    29570 SH       SOLE                                      29570
Progressive Corp.  Ohio        COM              743315103   344584  4208664 SH       SOLE                  1600531           2608133
                                                            311199  3800900 SH       DEFINED               3800900
Qwest Communications Internati COM              749121109      221     4601 SH       SOLE                      179              4422
R R Donnelley & Sons           COM              257867101      982    40000 SH       SOLE                    16500             23500
                                                              1572    64000 SH       DEFINED                 64000
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group   COM              751277302      302    12759 SH       SOLE                                      12759
Reinsurance Group of America   COM              759351109      205     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Renaissance Holdings LTD       COM              G7496G103     3238    50650 SH       SOLE                      400             50250
Reynolds R J Tob Holdings Inc  COM              76182k105     2468    76526 SH       SOLE                     4000             72526
Royal Palm Beach Col           COM              780908208       11    14000 SH       SOLE                                      14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM              78387G103      386     7739 SH       SOLE                      352              7387
Sara Lee                       COM              803111103     1397    68800 SH       SOLE                     1800             67000
Schlumberger Ltd               COM              806857108      321     3900 SH       SOLE                                       3900
Schwab Charles CP - New        COM              808513105     1141    32182 SH       SOLE                                      32182
Sealed Air Corp - New          COM              812115103     9448   208800 SH       SOLE                    34200            174600
Sears Roebuck & Co.            COM              812387108     1478    45600 SH       SOLE                    21300             24300
Servicemaster Co.              COM              81760n109    12551  1271024 SH       SOLE                   364924            906100
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.  COM              829226109     2187   200000 SH       SOLE                                     200000
Southwest Gas Corp             COM              844895102      209    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Spherion Corp                  COM              848420105    75839  6353036 SH       SOLE                   185250           6167786
Stanley Works                  COM              854616109      219     9500 SH       SOLE                                       9500
State Street Corp              COM              857477103     1736    13340 SH       SOLE                                      13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A   COM              860370105      630   325000 SH       SOLE                                     325000
Stora Enso Corp Sponsored ADR  COM              86210m106      119    14442 SH       SOLE                                      14442
Student Loan Corp              COM              863902102    13633   279300 SH       SOLE                                     279300
Sturm Ruger & Co.              COM              864159108     2522   308063 SH       SOLE                    30200            277863
Sunburst Hospitality           COM              866948102      173    25602 SH       SOLE                     1299             24303
Suntrust Banks                 COM              867914103      259     5184 SH       SOLE                                       5184
Teletech Holdings Inc          COM              879939106      495    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporati COM              26483e100     2762    80200 SH       SOLE                                      80200
Thor Industries Inc            COM              885160101     2220    96000 SH       SOLE                                      96000
Time Warner                    COM              887315109      213     2725 SH       SOLE                                       2725
Toro Co                        COM              891092108      545    17300 SH       SOLE                     3700             13600
Transact Technologies Inc      COM              892918103      252    42000 SH       SOLE                                      42000
Tuesday Morning Corp           COM              899035505     2344   300000 SH       SOLE                                     300000
Tyco Intl Ltd                  COM              902124106      332     6400 SH       SOLE                                       6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del.        COM              902973106    91966  4042440 SH       SOLE                  1647550           2394890
                                                             86443  3799700 SH       DEFINED               3799700
USA Networks                   COM              902984103     2194   100000 SH       SOLE                                     100000
Unifirst Corp                  COM              904708104     1218   121800 SH       SOLE                                     121800
Valspar Corp.                  COM              920355104      276    12000 SH       SOLE                                      12000
Verizon Communications         COM              077853109      397     8187 SH       SOLE                      258              7929
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM              927758102      387    22500 SH       SOLE                                      22500
Visteon Corp                   COM              92839u107      339    22422 SH       SOLE                     4640             17782
Vodafone Group PLC Spon ADR    COM              92857w100      432    11665 SH       SOLE                                      11665
Vornado Realty Trust           COM              929042109      752    20250 SH       SOLE                                      20250
Vulcan Materials               COM              929160109      917    22824 SH       SOLE                    10800             12024
WCOM Inc GA                    COM              98157d106     2853    93929 SH       SOLE                                      93929
WTS Golden State Bancrp-Litig  COM              381197136      623   511150 SH       SOLE                                     511150
Wal-Mart Stores                COM              931142103      729    15141 SH       SOLE                                      15141
Walgreen                       COM              931422109     1115    29400 SH       SOLE                                      29400
Wallace Computer Services      COM              932270101     1275    83625 SH       SOLE                     5300             78325
Washington Post - Class B      COM              939640108     3844     7282 SH       SOLE                                       7282
Wells Fargo & Co. New          COM              949746101      418     9110 SH       SOLE                                       9110
Wesco Financial                COM              950817106     8377    33373 SH       SOLE                                      33373
World Acceptance Corp.         COM              981419104     1451   284950 SH       SOLE                                     284950
Wrigley (Wm), Jr.              COM              982526105     1234    16475 SH       SOLE                                      16475
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