diff --git a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/DefaultSweepAssignedBucketStore.java b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/DefaultSweepAssignedBucketStore.java
index b8201daa01..94e4b2ba84 100644
--- a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/DefaultSweepAssignedBucketStore.java
+++ b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/DefaultSweepAssignedBucketStore.java
@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ public Set<SweepableBucket> getSweepableBuckets(Set<Bucket> startBuckets) {
         return readSweepableBucketRows(rows);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<SweepableBucket> getSweepableBucket(Bucket bucket) {
+        Cell cell = SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.sweepBucketsCell(bucket);
+        return readCell(
+                cell,
+                value -> SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.fromSweepBucketCellAndValue(
+                        cell, value, timestampRangePersister));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void putTimestampRangeForBucket(
             Bucket bucket, Optional<TimestampRange> oldTimestampRange, TimestampRange newTimestampRange) {
@@ -288,7 +297,7 @@ private Set<SweepableBucket> readSweepableBucketRows(List<SweepAssignedBucketsRo
                 Long.MAX_VALUE);
         return reads.entrySet().stream()
                 .map(entry -> SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.fromSweepBucketCellAndValue(
-                        entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), timestampRangePersister))
+                        entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().getContents(), timestampRangePersister))
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
     }
 }
diff --git a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.java b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.java
index 6be4a50478..9897caf7df 100644
--- a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.java
+++ b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.palantir.atlasdb.sweep.asts.bucketingthings;
 
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.api.Cell;
-import com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.api.Value;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.schema.generated.SweepAssignedBucketsTable.SweepAssignedBucketsColumn;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.schema.generated.SweepAssignedBucketsTable.SweepAssignedBucketsRow;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.sweep.asts.Bucket;
@@ -76,11 +75,11 @@ SweepAssignedBucketsRow nextSweepBucketsRow(Bucket bucket) {
     }
 
     SweepableBucket fromSweepBucketCellAndValue(
-            Cell cell, Value value, ObjectPersister<TimestampRange> timestampRangePersister) {
+            Cell cell, byte[] value, ObjectPersister<TimestampRange> timestampRangePersister) {
         SweepAssignedBucketsRow row = SweepAssignedBucketsRow.BYTES_HYDRATOR.hydrateFromBytes(cell.getRowName());
         SweepAssignedBucketsColumn column =
                 SweepAssignedBucketsColumn.BYTES_HYDRATOR.hydrateFromBytes(cell.getColumnName());
-        TimestampRange timestampRange = timestampRangePersister.tryDeserialize(value.getContents());
+        TimestampRange timestampRange = timestampRangePersister.tryDeserialize(value);
         int shard = Math.toIntExact(row.getShard()); // throws if invalid shard
         return SweepableBucket.of(
                 Bucket.of(
diff --git a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepBucketsTable.java b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepBucketsTable.java
index a86f28b019..bc6da52cd3 100644
--- a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepBucketsTable.java
+++ b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepBucketsTable.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public interface SweepBucketsTable {
      */
     Set<SweepableBucket> getSweepableBuckets(Set<Bucket> startBuckets);
 
+    Optional<SweepableBucket> getSweepableBucket(Bucket bucket);
+
     void putTimestampRangeForBucket(
             Bucket bucket, Optional<TimestampRange> oldTimestampRange, TimestampRange newTimestampRange);
 
diff --git a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/test/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersisterTest.java b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/test/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersisterTest.java
index 74ae8d8414..4dc285d72c 100644
--- a/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/test/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersisterTest.java
+++ b/atlasdb-impl-shared/src/test/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersisterTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.api.Cell;
-import com.palantir.atlasdb.keyvalue.api.Value;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.schema.generated.SweepAssignedBucketsTable.SweepAssignedBucketsRow;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.sweep.asts.Bucket;
 import com.palantir.atlasdb.sweep.asts.SweepableBucket;
@@ -59,14 +58,11 @@ public final class SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersisterTest {
             Bucket.of(ShardAndStrategy.nonSweepable(), Long.MAX_VALUE),
             fromBase64("PpljSwhiGMuA/4FHrhR64UeuAg==", "hw=="));
 
-    private static final Map<TimestampRange, Value> GOLDEN_TIMESTAMP_RANGES = Map.of(
+    private static final Map<TimestampRange, byte[]> GOLDEN_TIMESTAMP_RANGES = Map.of(
             TimestampRange.of(912301923, Long.MAX_VALUE),
-            Value.create(
-                    BaseEncoding.base64()
-                            .decode("OikKBfqLZW5kRXhjbHVzaXZlJQN/f39/f39/f76Nc3RhcnRJbmNsdXNpdmUkDUwJe4b7"),
-                    -1),
+            BaseEncoding.base64().decode("OikKBfqLZW5kRXhjbHVzaXZlJQN/f39/f39/f76Nc3RhcnRJbmNsdXNpdmUkDUwJe4b7"),
             TimestampRange.openBucket(13123),
-            Value.create(BaseEncoding.base64().decode("OikKBfqLZW5kRXhjbHVzaXZlwY1zdGFydEluY2x1c2l2ZSQDGob7"), -1));
+            BaseEncoding.base64().decode("OikKBfqLZW5kRXhjbHVzaXZlwY1zdGFydEluY2x1c2l2ZSQDGob7"));
 
     private static final Cell GOLDEN_SWEEP_BUCKET_ASSIGNER_STATE_MACHINE_CELL = Cell.create(
             BaseEncoding.base64().decode("GTH5RX8BW6N/f/8="),
@@ -127,9 +123,7 @@ public void nextSweepBucketsRowGetsNextRowByMajorBucketIdentifier(Bucket bucket)
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("sweepableBuckets")
     public void canDeserializeCellsAndValuesBackToSweepableBucket(SweepableBucket sweepableBucket) {
-        Value value = Value.create(
-                TIMESTAMP_RANGE_PERSISTER.trySerialize(sweepableBucket.timestampRange()),
-                -1); // Timestamp does not matter
+        byte[] value = TIMESTAMP_RANGE_PERSISTER.trySerialize(sweepableBucket.timestampRange());
         Cell cell = SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.sweepBucketsCell(sweepableBucket.bucket());
         SweepableBucket deserialisedSweepableBucket =
                 SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.fromSweepBucketCellAndValue(
@@ -141,7 +135,7 @@ public void canDeserializeCellsAndValuesBackToSweepableBucket(SweepableBucket sw
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("goldenSweepBucketCellsAndValues")
     public void canDeserializeHistoricCellsAndValuesBackToSweepableBucket(
-            SweepableBucket sweepableBucket, Cell cell, Value value) {
+            SweepableBucket sweepableBucket, Cell cell, byte[] value) {
         SweepableBucket deserialisedSweepableBucket =
                 SweepAssignedBucketStoreKeyPersister.INSTANCE.fromSweepBucketCellAndValue(
                         cell, value, TIMESTAMP_RANGE_PERSISTER);
diff --git a/atlasdb-tests-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/AbstractDefaultSweepAssignedBucketStoreTest.java b/atlasdb-tests-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/AbstractDefaultSweepAssignedBucketStoreTest.java
index 7e1cfa2247..958d1d462a 100644
--- a/atlasdb-tests-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/AbstractDefaultSweepAssignedBucketStoreTest.java
+++ b/atlasdb-tests-shared/src/main/java/com/palantir/atlasdb/sweep/asts/bucketingthings/AbstractDefaultSweepAssignedBucketStoreTest.java
@@ -255,6 +255,20 @@ public void getSweepableBucketsReturnsBucketsPerShardAndStrategy() {
         assertThat(store.getSweepableBuckets(new HashSet<>(startBuckets))).containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(buckets);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void getSweepableBucketReturnsSweepableBucketIfExists() {
+        Bucket bucket = Bucket.of(ShardAndStrategy.of(12, SweeperStrategy.THOROUGH), 21);
+        TimestampRange range = TimestampRange.of(1, 4);
+        store.putTimestampRangeForBucket(bucket, Optional.empty(), range);
+        assertThat(store.getSweepableBucket(bucket)).contains(SweepableBucket.of(bucket, range));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getSweepableBucketReturnsEmptyIfSweepableBucketDoesNotExist() {
+        Bucket bucket = Bucket.of(ShardAndStrategy.of(12, SweeperStrategy.THOROUGH), 21);
+        assertThat(store.getSweepableBucket(bucket)).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void putTimestampRangeForBucketFailsIfOldTimestampRangeDoesNotMatchCurrent() {
         Bucket bucket = Bucket.of(ShardAndStrategy.of(12, SweeperStrategy.THOROUGH), 512);
@@ -272,8 +286,7 @@ public void putTimestampRangeForBucketSucceedsIfOldTimestampRangeMatchesCurrent(
         TimestampRange newTimestampRange = TimestampRange.of(1, 2);
 
         store.putTimestampRangeForBucket(bucket, Optional.empty(), newTimestampRange);
-        Set<SweepableBucket> sweepableBuckets = store.getSweepableBuckets(Set.of(bucket));
-        assertThat(sweepableBuckets).containsExactly(SweepableBucket.of(bucket, newTimestampRange));
+        assertThat(store.getSweepableBucket(bucket)).contains(SweepableBucket.of(bucket, newTimestampRange));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -287,8 +300,10 @@ public void deleteBucketEntryDeletesBucket() {
         Bucket bucket = Bucket.of(ShardAndStrategy.of(12, SweeperStrategy.THOROUGH), 512);
         TimestampRange timestampRange = TimestampRange.of(1, 2);
         store.putTimestampRangeForBucket(bucket, Optional.empty(), timestampRange);
+        assertThat(store.getSweepableBucket(bucket)).hasValue(SweepableBucket.of(bucket, timestampRange));
+
         store.deleteBucketEntry(bucket);
-        assertThat(store.getSweepableBuckets(Set.of(bucket))).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(store.getSweepableBucket(bucket)).isEmpty();
     }
 
     @Test