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 Quarterly  Report of Keystone  Consolidated  Industries,
Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Bert
E. Downing,  Jr.,  Vice  President and  Corporate  Controller  (Chief  Financial
Officer) of the  Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss.1350,  as adopted
pursuant to ss.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.



/s/  Bert E. Downing, Jr.

Bert E. Downing, Jr.
Vice President and Corporate Controller (Chief Financial Officer)
August 14, 2002