Exhibit 99.2



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Keystone Consolidated  Industries,  Inc.
(the  "Company")  on Form 10-K for the period  ended  December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") on the date hereof (the
"Report"),  I, Bert E. Downing,  Jr., Vice President,  Chief Financial  Officer,
Corporate  Controller  and  Treasurer  of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and result of  operations of the
Company.

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
SEC or its staff upon request.



/s/  Bert E. Downing, Jr.
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Bert E. Downing, Jr.
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller and Treasurer
April 11, 2003