Exhibit 32.1



                            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 September 30, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I,
David L. Cheek,  President and Chief Executive 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/  David L. Cheek                              /s/ Bert E. Downing, Jr.
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David L. Cheek                                   Bert E. Downing, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer            Vice President and Chief
November 19, 2003                                Financial Officer
                                                 November 19, 2003


Note: The certification  the registrant  furnished in this exhibit is not deemed
"filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as
amended,  or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.  Registration
Statements or other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
shall not incorporate this exhibit by reference,  except as otherwise  expressly
stated in such filing.