Commentary for Kiddushin 109:1
תנן התם בהמה שנמצאת מירושלים למגדל עדר וכמדתה לכל רוח זכרים עולות נקבות זבחי שלמים ...
We learnt elsewhere: If an animal is found between Jerusalem and Migdal Eder<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen, XXXV, 21. Lit., 'Fold Tower,' a place not far from Jerusalem, on the road to Bethlehem.');"><sup>1</sup></span> or an equal distance [from the city] in any direction: the males are burnt-offerings; the females are peace-offerings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Most cattle that wandered out of Jerusalem had been consecrated for sacrifices, and cattle found within this distance were feared to have strayed out. The females are peace-offerings, since only males could be burnt-offerings (Lev. I, 3) .');"><sup>2</sup></span> Now, can males be only burnt-offerings and not peace-offerings!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not. They may be the latter: how can they be sacrificed as burnt-offerings?');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Oshaia interprets the mishnah to refer to a case of one who finds the animal and wants to bring its value as an offering. What the mishnah says is that if he does so, he must bring the value of a burnt offering and a peace offering because a male animal may be either. Once he commits to this, the animal’s value is desacralized. This accords with R. Meir who holds that one may intentionally redeem hekdesh.