Quoting%20commentary for Eduyot 7:1

הֵעִיד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְרַבִּי צָדוֹק עַל פִּדְיוֹן פֶּטֶר חֲמוֹר שֶׁמֵּת, שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ לַכֹּהֵן כְּלוּם, שֶׁרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, חַיָּבִין בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָן כְּחָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים שֶׁל בֵּן. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין חַיָּבִין בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָן אֶלָּא כְפִדְיוֹן שֶׁל מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי:

R. Yehoshua and R. Tzaddok testified about the redemption (lamb) [which one set aside for the redemption of the firstling of an ass], which (lamb) died, that the Cohein has no claim in it. For R. Eliezer says: He (the owner) is liable to restore it, as [he is liable to restore (if they were lost)] the five selaim for [the redemption of his (first-born) son.] And the sages say: He is not liable to restore it, but it is like the (lost) redemption (money) for the second tithe, [which the Torah required him (to spend on food) to eat in Jerusalem — but he has lost it! The rationale of R. Eliezer: We find that the Torah compared the redemption of the firstling of an ass to (that of) the first-born son of a man, it being written (Exodus 34:20): "And the firstling of an ass shall you redeem with a lamb … All the first-born of your sons shall you redeem." And the sages say: It is written (Numbers 18:15): "But redeem shall you redeem the first-born of the man, and the first-born of the unclean beast (an ass) shall you redeem" — I have likened it (to a man) for purposes of redemption, and not for other things.]

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