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Retirement Plan - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Retirement Plans [Line Items]      
Defined contribution plan maximum employee contribution as a percentage of base salary 75.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeePercent    
Expense from continuing operations for the Company-sponsored defined contribution plan $ 1,718,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 1,693,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 1,660,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
First 3% of Contributions on Defined Contribution Plan      
Retirement Plans [Line Items]      
Defined contribution plan employer contribution as a percentage of base salary 100.00%lstr_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfBaseSalary
/ lstr_DefinedContributionPlansDisclosureAxis
= lstr_FirstThreePercentOfContributionsOnDefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Threshold to determine company matching percentage 3.00%lstr_ThresholdToDetermineCompanyMatchingPercentage
/ lstr_DefinedContributionPlansDisclosureAxis
= lstr_FirstThreePercentOfContributionsOnDefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Next 2% of Contributions on Defined Contribution Plan      
Retirement Plans [Line Items]      
Defined contribution plan employer contribution as a percentage of base salary 50.00%lstr_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerContributionAsPercentageOfBaseSalary
/ lstr_DefinedContributionPlansDisclosureAxis
= lstr_NextTwoPercentOfContributionsOnDefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Threshold to determine company matching percentage 2.00%lstr_ThresholdToDetermineCompanyMatchingPercentage
/ lstr_DefinedContributionPlansDisclosureAxis
= lstr_NextTwoPercentOfContributionsOnDefinedContributionPlanMember