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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012
Nature of business |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | 1,382 us-gaap_NumberOfStores |  |
Number of states in which rural lifestyle retail stores are operated by the company | 49 us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates |  |
Self insurance reserves |  |  |
Self-insured employee medical stop loss limit | $ 300,000 tsco_Selfinsuredemployeemedicalstoplosslimit |  |
Workers compensation and general liability deductible | 500,000 tsco_Workerscompensationandgeneralliabilitydeductible |  |
Self-insurance reserves | 48,300,000 us-gaap_SelfInsuranceReserve | 41,300,000 us-gaap_SelfInsuranceReserve |
Impairment of long-lived assets |  |  |
Impairment charges | 0 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | 0 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | 0 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Revenue recognition and sales returns |  |  |
Reserve for sales returns | 3,200,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionSalesReturnsReserveForSalesReturns | 3,100,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionSalesReturnsReserveForSalesReturns |
Gift card revenue | 900,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage | 1,600,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage | 1,200,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage
Advertising costs |  |  |
Advertising expenses | 70,400,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 65,600,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 62,600,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Prepaid advertising costs | 500,000 us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising | 300,000 us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising |
Warehousing and distribution costs |  |  |
Distribution center costs | 121,100,000 tsco_DistributionExpense | 111,300,000 tsco_DistributionExpense | 90,200,000 tsco_DistributionExpense
Preopening costs |  |  |
Preopening costs | 8,900,000 us-gaap_PreOpeningCosts | 7,800,000 us-gaap_PreOpeningCosts | 7,100,000 us-gaap_PreOpeningCosts
Share-based Compensation |  |  |
Award requisite service period | 20 hours |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |
Minimum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions | 24 |  |
Maximum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions | 48 |  |
Fair value disclosures |  |  |
Senior Credit Facility amount outstanding | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCredit | 0 us-gaap_LineOfCredit |
Property and equipment |  |  |
Cost of option to purchase the real property | 1 tsco_RealPropertyPurchaseOption |  |
Goodwill and other intangible assets |  |  |
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
Franklin, KY DC |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date | 30 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized | 54,000,000 tsco_MaximumPrincipalAmountOfBondAuthorized / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_FranklinKyDcMember |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued | 51,800,000 tsco_NetBondProceedsIssued / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_FranklinKyDcMember |  |
Macon, GA DC |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date | 15 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized | 58,000,000 tsco_MaximumPrincipalAmountOfBondAuthorized / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_MaconGaDcMember |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued | 49,100,000 tsco_NetBondProceedsIssued / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_MaconGaDcMember |  |
Brentwood, TN SSC |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date | 10 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized | 78,000,000 tsco_MaximumPrincipalAmountOfBondAuthorized / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_BrentwoodTnSscMember |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued | $ 72,500,000 tsco_NetBondProceedsIssued / tsco_BondAxis = tsco_BrentwoodTnSscMember |  |
Building | Minimum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 30 years |  |
Building | Maximum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 35 years |  |
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Minimum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 5 years |  |
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Maximum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 35 years |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Minimum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 5 years |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Maximum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 10 years |  |
Computer software and hardware | Minimum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 3 years |  |
Computer software and hardware | Maximum |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life | 5 years |  |

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