Netcat - port range only working for scanning, not listening

Netcat - port range only working for scanning, not listening

For instance:
nc -l -n -v -p 2999-3000
Can only connect to 2999.
nc -l -n -v -p 3000-3001
Can only connect to 3000.
Can't you listen on a port range with netcat? are there any obvious
workarounds I am missing?