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)
11/21/2008
(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 11/21/2008   P   554,497 (1) A $ 0.8802 (2) (3) 15,761,629 (4) D (4)  
common stock 11/24/2008   P   256,300 (5) A $ 0.993 (6) 16,017,929 (7) D (7)  
common stock 11/25/2008   P   262,021 (8) A $ 1.0016 (9) 16,279,950 (10) D (10)  

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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 GROUP INC /DE/
520 MADISON AVENUE
12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    
Jefferies High Yield Holdings, LLC
THE METRO CENTER, ONE STATION PLACE
THREE NORTH
STAMFORD, CT 06902
    X    

Signatures

 /s/ Roland T. Kelly, Authorized Person   11/25/2008
**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) 484203 shares acquired by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 70294 shares acquired by Jefferies & Company.
(2) Weighted average price based on the following transactions: 79,683 at $0.8500; 1,000 at $0.8510; 400 at $0.8512; 100 at $0.8514; 400 at $0.8525; 7,000 at $0.8530; 200 at $0.8534; 300 at $0.8538; 1,000 at $0.8540; 8,400 at $0.8550; 200 at $0.8566; 641 at $0.8568; 900 at $0.8569; 1,000 at $0.8575; 10,000 at $0.8580; 500 at $0.8594; 100 at $0.8599; 13,171 at $0.8600; 100 at $0.8610; 1,000 at $0.8630; 100 at $0.8637; 7,900 at $0.8650; 1,100 at $0.8687; 1,500 at $0.8688; 26,518 at $0.8700; 1,200 at $0.8715; 200 at $0.8725; 2,000 at $0.8730; 1,300 at $0.8750; 1,700 at $0.8799; 81,360 at $0.8800; 1,300 at $0.8801; 6,000 at $0.8830; 5,700 at $0.8850 (cont.);
(3) (cont.) 1,900 at $0.8875; 600 at $0.8899; 183,140 at $0.8900; 2,300 at $0.8901; 1,900 at $0.8902; 3,100 at $0.8910; 1,400 at $0.8911; 400 at $0.8912; 300 at $0.8913; 400 at $0.8914; 200 at $0.8919; 1,000 at $0.8920; 100 at $0.8924; 2,600 at $0.8925; 2,000 at $0.8930; 100 at $0.8933; 1,300 at $0.8937; 200 at $0.8938; 19,805 at $0.8950; 300 at $0.8951; 100 at $0.8957; 5,400 at $0.8975; 400 at $0.8999; 47,579 at $0.9000; 700 at $0.9010; 800 at $0.9025; 3,470 at $0.9100; 100 at $0.9118; 1,600 at $0.9130; 1,100 at $0.9150; 2,300 at $0.9200; 500 at $0.9250; 600 at $0.9300; 1,200 at $0.9400; and 1,630 at $0.9500.
(4) Represents 13763519 shares held for the account of Jefferies High Yield Trading and 1998110 shares held for the account of Jefferies & Company.
(5) 223809 shares acquired by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 32491 shares acquired by Jefferies & Company.
(6) Weighted average price based on the following transactions: 102 at $0.9600; 7,006 at $0.9700; 200 at $0.9701; 1,782 at $0.9703; 2,000 at $0.9750; 200 at $0.9751; 1,698 at $0.9799; 34,362 at $0.9800; 2,000 at $0.9801; 200 at $0.9850; 1,000 at $0.9851; 200 at $0.9899; 82,852 at $0.9900; 25,354 at $0.9901; 1,000 at $0.9920; 1,000 at $0.9930; 1,700 at $0.9950; 3,000 at $0.9951; 1,000 at $0.9999; 59,744 at $1.0000; 24,273 at $1.0100; 1,027 at $1.0200; 1,627 at $1.0300; 2,773 at $1.0400; and 200 at $1.0500.
(7) Represents 13987328 shares held for the account of Jefferies High Yield Trading and 2030601 shares held for the account of Jefferies & Company.
(8) 228805 shares acquired by Jefferies High Yield Trading and 33216 shares acquired by Jefferies & Company.
(9) Weighted average price based on the following transactions: 200 at $0.9700; 10,924 at $0.9800; 11,800 at $0.9850; 60,557 at $0.9900; 300 at $0.9920; 100 at $0.9945; 500 at $0.9950; 104,577 at $1.0000; 4,700 at $1.0050; 18,765 at $1.0100; 11,200 at $1.0150; 9,775 at $1.0200; and 28,623 at $1.0300.
(10) Represents 14216133 shares held for the account of Jefferies High Yield Trading and 2063817 shares held for the account of Jefferies & Company.

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