Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Jefferies High Yield Trading, LLC
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RAM ENERGY RESOURCES INC [RAME]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
THE METRO CENTER, ONE STATION PLACE, THREE NORTH
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/04/2008
(Street)

STAMFORD, CT 06902
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/04/2008   P   322,500 (1) A $ 0.8739 (2) 17,042,610 (3) D (3)  
Common Stock 12/05/2008   P   40,463 (4) A $ 0.7459 (5) 17,083,073 (6) D (6)  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Jefferies High Yield Trading, LLC
THE METRO CENTER
ONE STATION PLACE, THREE NORTH
STAMFORD, CT 06902
    X    
JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.
520 MADISON AVE. 12TH FL.
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    
Jefferies High Yield Holdings, LLC
THE METRO CENTER, ONE STATION PLACE
THREE NORTH
STAMFORD, CT 06902
    X    
JEFFERIES GROUP INC /DE/
520 MADISON AVENUE
12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    

Signatures

 /s/ Roland T. Kelly, Authorized Person   12/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 281,617 shares acquired by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 40,883 shares acquired by Jefferies & Company.
(2) Weighted average price based on the following transactions: 2,500 at $0.79; 400 at $0.7975; 100 at $0.7976; 200 at $0.7999; 29,300 at $0.8; 14,186 at $0.84; 6,014 at $0.85; 320 at $0.8599; 24,380 at $0.86; 1,400 at $0.8601; 2,000 at $0.8602; 16,900 at $0.865; 3,400 at $0.87; 700 at $0.8701; 800 at $0.8799; 28,500 at $0.8800; 2,227 at $0.8801; 68 at $0.8850; 100 at $0.8898; 3,473 at $0.8899; 148,832 at $0.8900; 1,400 at $0.8999; and 35,300 at $0.9.
(3) Represents 14,882,110 shares held by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 2,160,500 shares held by Jefferies & Company.
(4) 35,333 shares acquired by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 5,130 shares acquired by Jefferies & Company.
(5) Weighted average price based on the following transactions: 600 at $0.73; 13,800 at $0.74; 1,100 at $0.7425; 1,400 at $0.745; 663 at $0.7475; 1,000 at $0.7498; 1,600 at $0.7499; and 20,300 at $0.75.
(6) Represents 14,917,443 shares held by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 2,165,630 shares held by Jefferies & Company.

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