Commentary for Zevachim 205:18

תנו רבנן עולת איש אין לי אלא עולת איש עולת גרים נשים ועבדים מנין ת"ל עור העולה ריבה

whilst the money [obtained] for them, together with the rest of the estate, falls to the Temple Repair. R'Joshua said: The males themselves must be offered as burnt-offerings, and the females must be sold for the purpose of peace-offerings, and burnt-offerings be brought with the money [obtained] for them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Joshua holds that when a man consecrates property without defining it, whatever is fit for the altar is meant to be sacrificed itself, and not redeemed. But at the same time, the whole of it must be for the altar, just as the whole of anything consecrated to Temple Repair belongs to the Temple Repair Fund. Consequently, males are sacrificed as burnt-offerings on behalf of the person who consecrated them, and not sold to another. Females, however, cannot be similarly sacrificed as peace-offerings, since only a portion of peace-offerings belong to the altar. Therefore they are sold for peace-offerings, and with the money males for burnt-offerings are bought, and the rest of the estate falls to Temple Repair.');">²³</span>

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